acceptance
or
how i learned to gift-wrap
------------------------------------------------------------------
with my designer background
i've always been a persnickety gift-wrapper
no visible tape, patterns matching
colour coordination to die for
one christmas not too long ago my sister and i were behind
schedule as usual
but this was really behind!
it was christmas eve
and i was still wrapping presents
i was indulging in a drink or two
which didn't help with the med kick-in
but i was also into the dreaded 'hormone-hell-freeze-up'
one package took half an hour to complete
and i still had 6 presents to wrap
my sister was keeping me company while i worked
but had her back to me
having sworn under oath not to peek
while i struggled to cope with paper and tape and ribbon etc.
i finished wrapping one more package
i then shuffled over to the tree
b-b-e-n-n-t-t down, groaning like i was 149 instead of 49
and feebly unsuccessfully tried to position the treasure
artistically
suddenly, reality hit me
[luckily, the shops here are pretty liberal
with inner tissue paper and outer decorative boxes
and pretty gold elastic ties]
so
wrapping the next package consisted of:
stuff it in the box
slap some tissue on it
mash the box lid down on that sucker
snap the dang elastic on it
and throw it at the damn tree
now THAT's wrapped!
we laughed and laughed and laughed
so much for pride!
janet paterson
1999/12/21
------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.geocities.com/janet313/wordsoth/1999/19991216.html
janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky
PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
"a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ .
"new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask]
In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn
