12/22/10 Chores with Luke, Yes, I'm crabby, Hummm, Gave out some gifts , saw an old friends adorable baby.

I woke up a bit crabby. Who knows why. I made the decision to accept that I won't always be happy and up beat. It's what I do about it. Do I torture my friends and family. Baba used to say: " Don't be a burden on the world. "

So I did another kind of GD. I threw my bad mood into the inner fire. Wow. It flamed up so high. An offering to God. Instead of bumming Luke out, we worked together to get things done for our trip and our family.

We had a gift for Kay and for Melissa: both women will like their gifts. Luke and I worked together to pick each one out. We got to give Kay her gift in person. She seemed pleased to be remembered. I'd like to be a fly on the wall when she opens it. She gave us her gift. It was a lovely Christmas ornament.

I could have pushed Luke to do more chores, but it didn't feel fair. So I promised to do the rest of the chores tomorrow while he takes care of his own stuff.

I gave Chris ( our Shwan's guy) his Christmas gift. He's sweet. I didn't need much but we talked a bit, and wished each other a happy holiday.