i deserve an award

for serious. so, after going to two of emma's orchestra concerts and one of her chorale concerts, i also went to the community production of the 'christmas carol' and was in the church christmas program. that's it. i win.

i went to billings, mt, the shopping mecca of the region, on thursday with an old pal hilary and completed shopping. i had to shop for a gift for a kid who i don't even know. i picked his name off of the giving tree at church. let me tell you: it is challenging buying clothing for someone you don't even know. i have no way of knowing if his coloring will be complemented by the articles i picked out. and i wanted to chose accessories but my friend hilary said that that would probably get him beaten up. apparently 11-year-old boys don't really wear accessories.

i've gotten back into reading since i graduated college. i think i just had to read to much for class to be interested in reading on my time off, unlike my good friend katherine, who reads all the time. anyway, i'm currently reading a really good book called the memory keeper's daughter by kim edwards. it is very good. you should read it.

macy is getting very large very quickly. we surmise that the things that are cute right now, while she is still relatively little, are going to be dangerous when she is a large dog. for example, now, when she jumps up, her legs only reach like maybe mid-thigh, or right above the knee. when she is full grown, she will kill someone when she does that. she is also biting a lot and starting to run away if she's not on her leash.

ok episode of the office on thursday. i bought it on itunes because i missed it on tv and watched it through twice completely and then watched little parts over and over again, searching for clues. well, i think that jim has realized that karen is nice and fun "but at the end of the day you're left thinking about the girl you really like, the one who broke your heart," as he says when he is counseling michael about rebounds. there was a good pam and jim moment over dwight's cia assignment. i love this show.