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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Family

I have been baffled at how worn out I feel… it’s all I can do to keep from hiding under my overpriced duvet. Phil was ready to shoot himself just to liven up our phone conversation.

And then, just as I was sweeping up that last dustpan of dead pine needles and carrying the ornament boxes out to the garage, sorting my notebooks and configuration documents from our big presentation today, giving the kids TV dinners, switching the third load of laundry, and putting away the mop and hose and trusty, always-close-at-hand 409 bottle, it occurred to me that I had reason to be tired. I was in conference at seven this morning, and hadn’t stopped until now. And that’s only so we can start the Bataan Bath March.

Then again, the tired feeling might be coming from the Amazon.com box sitting on my kitchen floor, full of lovingly selected and packed Christmas gifts for our framily from Len and Amber in Belgium. We opened the first box, and it was… Tinker Toys for Dylan! Biiiig hit.

Then we opened the smaller box, and it was a Fairy Tale Dora doll for Daphne! Eeeeeee!!! We spent an hour combing her hair.

And then… and then. We opened the big box, and I became convinced that no matter how much you think your friends love you, they love a good laugh better. Inside that last box was a gift for Logan:

An Xtreme! LIVE! ANT! HABITAT!

• See live ants play in their own extreme sports park!
• Awesome 360 degree live ANT tunneling zone!
• Includes mail-in coupon for LIVE ANTS!
• It’s ANTRAGEOUS!
• Antrageous Skate Loops
• Radical Rock Climbing Wall
• Ragin’ Street Luge Speedway
• Big Air BMX Biking Arena
• Max Velocity Bungee Jump

I sent their children fun little art supplies, and they sent us the stuff of nightmares. Go on over and give ‘em some love from me. Go on. They can take it.