BEARing gifts

Since I had free time yesterday, I bought a stuffed teddy bear in one of the nearby stores. At first I had the intention of keeping the bear to myself. I tell you I just love stuffed toys. But since I haven't done any Christmas shopping I decided in the end to just give it to one of my goddaughters. So one gift down for me. Buying gifts should be an enjoyable event but for me it becomes a source of stress. I hate giving generic gifts (this means everyone gets the same gift) I want it to be something that they will like and actually use or consume. You see I'm not a very patient person I hate long lines and I hate crowded places. That's why whenever there's a big sale I usually try to avoid it or go in very early. But I think my family and I are cursed. Whenever we go in a shop where there's no crowd in a minute or two several people suddenly appear. My sister calls it the "masa magnet". We attract people wherever we go. No its not our looks that get the attention (though I wish it were). There must be something in our aura that suggest "come follow us we know where the best buys are". Its a curse I tell you. So that's why Christmas shopping becomes so stressful for me. Maybe after work I'll try to buy another gift hopefully the crowd won't sense me (hah!).

Meanwhile, an update on my musical career(?). I tried practicing playing the scale, the C and the D chords. My tutor brother insists that I practice for at least 15 minutes. I need to learn how o change chords so that I can play my first guitar piece. Hopefully I can accomplish this during the weekend.

This is it, the day we find out if our forced leave (FL) will push through. I'm not really expecting that it will be reversed though since it has happened before. But today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception maybe a miracle will happen.