This Wintery Christmas Time

On the night after Thanksgiving, all my siblings drew names of each other, and you have to buy that person a present for Christmas. Today, I went Christmas shopping for that Person. Andrew and Grace dropped me off at the Jackson Crossing mall, and I started off, in a big mall, alone. ;)

As I was walking store to store thinking of what to get my Person, I walked by a Marines office. A guy inside yelled, through the glass windows, "hey!" I stopped, looked around, and saw two guys and a girl inside the storefront. I had to make a quick decision, so I decided to go inside (I couldn't just run away).

I opened the glass door, and stood there. He said, "Hey, man, what's up?" I replied, "I'm shopping" (oh really?). Then he said, "Ever thought about joining the Marines?" Okay, what am I supposed to say now? I paused, thinking of a way to tell him "no." I said, "No, I don't think it's really my calling." Yeah, right. I'm not called to it. He said, "okay, man, that's fine." And so I left, with no bullet-wounds and without a crew hair-cut. ;)

I went along shopping for a few hours. Shopping, when you actually have money to spend, is horrible. I hate spending any money, but I did. I did so, so my Person can smile at my gift that they already have several better versions of, I did. :D

So, here is my gift (+others), all wrapped up, which I also did (not including my dog and his new friend, who are protecting them from intruding siblings ;)


I cannot wait until Christmas, it should be lots of fun.

God bless,
J.J.