Christmas list

Work hours until my three and a half day weekend: 21

Presents left to purchase: 1

Liters of water sucked up by the tree whose trunk we did not saw off upon bringing it home from that urban tree farm, QFC: 0.000741

Number of brothers and sisters and sisters-in-law who will not be spending Christmas with me as they are obligated to spend it with Mom and Dad halfway around the world, and who swear to think of me every time they order a cappuccino: 5

Presents shlepped to Italy by my personal mules: 11

Cards sent: 0

Cards received: eleventy frillion

Hours left of Autumn: 13

Number of dollars required to see a production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: 20

Presents under the tree: Lots

Presents under the tree for Phillip from me: 3

Presents under the tree for me from Phillip: 0