Today is made of coffee, football, and sloth.

Yesterday was the funeral service for my aunt. My family can do nothing in moderation, so the service dragged on for hours. OMG my family cannot shut up! I managed to sing along with some of the hymns and I gritted my teeth through the call to "salvation." But thankfully my niece Rhyan was being squirmy, so I volunteered to take her out and we waited outside the church for the next two hours, by the end I had all the small kids out there with me because it was just too long for them to sit still. After the burial, we all got together for lunch, because we are experts in eating our emotions, and the late lunch then devolved into all night drinking, eating, talking, remembering, and, oh yeah, more drinking. I was exhausted, so I bailed early, and, after watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I was in bed before 10. *facepalm* I have no idea what was wrong with me, but I was SO tired.

I slept late and woke up feeling much better, so I think it was just exhaustion on every level. I'm still taking it easy today. My morning coffee has stretched into my early afternoon coffee. I'm watching football and catching up on the interwebs.

Later I think I'll go out and do a bit of holiday shopping. I've managed to get quite a bit of it done online, but I won't be able to avoid the mall entirely. I also need to get my holiday cards bought so that I can actually get them out sometime before the new year. I might do New Year's cards this year to give me an extra week. *nods* At some point this week, I need to get holiday decorations up. Man, why does December not have more weekends in it???

Cry for Help

Well, not a cry exactly. More like a heartfelt request for my flist's kind assistance. *g*

My cousin's daughter, Sophia, is four years old and brilliant. She is also on the autism spectrum, so she has some specialized needs. An important part of her daily routine is music. So, for Christmas, I'm making her several mix CD's of some of her favorite music genres. I've got the jazz, classical, and Spanish-language tunes covered, but I somehow don't have as much Celtic music as I thought I did. And she loves Celtic music. No, seriously, this is her FAVORITE. She can even sing along to the Gaelic songs, even though she doesn't actually speak Gaelic! She just mimics it perfectly!

So, my cry for help heartfelt request is for Celtic music! I'll take whatever you have because somehow all mine is gone. *puppy eyes* And Sophia will love you forever and maybe even sing a song for you! *beams*