Busy Bees

Best. Doctor Who. Ever.

A friend of mine from Europe once told me that over there, nobody every says that they are busy. "Busy" to them implies that one does not have control of the situation. If you have everything in order, you shouldn't be busy. So if you say you are busy, they will respond with "that's too bad,". Americans love being busy. If we had everything right where we wanted them, we'd have to sit down and relax, and then you're just lazy. I don't know what it is about Americans that they think they can't stop. Our ambition seems to be what defines us(to ourselves anyway), not what we actually accomplish. Even in retirement, everybody had goals and planes and they want to re-do the bathroom or see Alaska or whatever. We have to DVR our TV because we're off doing something more important, and when we eventually do sit down to watch, we zap the commercials.

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Keeping the European definition of "busy" in mind, I have to say we are very busy. We went to Denver, we had house guests here from Austin last weekend, my dad will be here tonight, we have a Christmas party in the OKC to attend on Saturday, and that leaves just one weekend left before Christmas. This on top of everything else we do every day.

I'm actually looking forward to Christmas this year, so I can just sit there for a while as the kids play with their new toys, and just stare off into the distance.

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The Valentinos were here from Austin over the weekend. They are awesome. Probably my favorite people. I did name my second kid after Joe Valentino, after all. I love it when they come because I don't feel like I need to talk up Tulsa or spend the whole time running around trying to show off the town. Really they just want to sit and visit and eat good food and watch the kids run around, and I love them for that. Good people.

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If you want to get me a gift, I kind of want an old-school Ramones T-shirt. Black. XL

-JP