oooh... two more days to the christmas party... i'm getting so excited. between this and putting up the decorations at work and at home, i think i'm finally getting into that christmas groove... where you have love and goodwill towards all mankind... well, maybe not all mankind...
i was at a gas station this morning about a mile from where i work (not the best neighborhood) and this woman comes up and knocks on my window while i'm sitting in the car... so i crack the window and she starts telling me about how she lost her mother at the hospital and she needs gas money to get back there... i was totally confused so i asked her you lost your mother? apparently she was trying to say her mother had died or something at the hospital, so my next question was rather obvious i thought... so why did she leave the hospital right when this had happened? and where was her family or friends? either way, she got pissy after that and huffed off because i said i wouldn't give her money... not that i didn't have any but i just wouldn't give it to her... i've seen the tv programs about the beggers on the street who are just fancy con-artists, begging money by day and driving their mercedes to their condos at night... no thank you... i work my ass off for what i have...
so, despite the damper this woman put on my holiday mood, i still think i did the right thing... toys for tots, or the giving tree at church is the right way to spread a little christmas cheer... not succumbing to same poorly thought out con in downtown...
yes, yes yes!!! christmas party in two days... i'm so cited...
