oh! santa!

I am all a-frisse* with the (relatively speaking) instantaneous arrival of yuletide assignments. Yuletide yay!

Nowthen, ( for my Yuletider: )

*a-frisse: backformed from "frisson", because "a-quiver" wasn't quite doing it for me. Neologisms yay!

dear Department of Education:

Listen, don't get me wrong -- I'm really pleased to have won the protracted struggle we were having with regard to my recently-consolidated loans.  If I'd known it was just a matter of calling until I got someone who'd give me the answer I wanted, I'd have kept calling the same day, instead of waiting for the results to post each time.  But anyway, bygones, and I'm glad we're pals again now.

But just because we're pals doesn't mean it's a good idea to send me account statements (with, yes, my Social Security Number all over them) in unsealed envelopes, guys.


also, dear groceries:

I'm coming for you!  Who's coming home with me, then?  Please organize yourselves into a list, because I really don't think I have the energy for it.  [eta:  Have made list, and have realized that need not go grocery shopping until tomorrow.  Best of all possible worlds!]

OKAY, I'VE HAD IT

This is me issuing a MORATORIUM, with immediate effect and until further notice (which will never arrive), on the phrase "expect the unexpected".

Also barred are "imagine the unthinkable", "do the impossible", "believe the unbelievable", "burn the non-flammable", etc., etc., etc.  Other expressions such as "plan to be surprised" may be used judiciously, but may be disqualified at any time, so stay alert.