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christmas wish list

every year around christmas time i find myself more stressed out then at any other time of the year. i worry about money and being able to give presents to the people i want to give presents to. i worry about not having accomplished any of the things that i promised i was going to at the beginning of the year. i get frustrated because i feel as though i have way too much stuff going on and there is no possibility of me finishing it all. so below i've listed what i call my true christmas wish list.

dear santa,

this year for christmas i'm not asking a lot,
just a few simple things that don't have to be bought.
peace on earth and peace of mind,
peace to know that i've still got more time.
money for rent and some money for fun,
money for presents for everyone.
patience to get through this holiday play
and will so that next year i'll just say ''no way''
and if this is too much then let's just say a truce,
so long as i get my big guy named bruce!

luv bob

ok...here i go...again...

ok, so i've tried the blog thing before a couple of times now, and i think that my whole problem is that i hate doing anything that i feel like i have to do. so this time i'm going to fail-proof this blog by telling myself this is something that no one is making me do and it is perfectly acceptable for me to go a year or two between posts, which (let's be real here) will probably happen.  

so i know that most people regularly visit different blogs for different reasons. my mom says that i should write about my life here on saipan, and i think "nah...i like these people way too much" and then i really think about it and go "well, what else do i really have to write about? and by the way, since when did i start liking people?" and so you get yet another boring narrative about the ins and outs of a nobody's life by somebody who thinks that the ins and outs of her life are worth narrating. 

so here's the saipan paradox of the day: 
  why is it impossible to get all of your basic grocery needs all in one supermarket 
  yet extremely common to be able to get your hair cut where you can also get your watch fixed,
  or buy hand knitted baby clothes the same time as you rent a movie,
  or (certainly my favorite) order piping supplies through the same company as you order your   pizza?