The Joys of Gift-Giving
Tonight was certainly far from uneventful. And before I delve into it, yes I am fully aware that this entry is coming hours later than I originally promised. Oh well. Who worries over deadlines on Christmas vacation?
My night shift at Chick-Fil-A morphed into an afternoon-and-night shift as our manager called and asked me to come in a couple hours earlier. I quickly found out why. We had the biggest rush of the year thus far, with a near unrelenting flock of customers keeping us on our toes all night long. Amazingly, it almost reached Cherrydale's rush level, and that's saying something for our mall. Maybe we should arrange for the North Pole to be moved to center court. I don't want Mr. Santa to leave and take all the excess customers with him. We need the business.
But anyway, enough about that. The real highlight of my night was having the opportunity to exchange gifts with my good friend Amanda. She did a wonderful job on her end. She baked a whole batch of tasty oatmeal raisin cookies for my family and me. I haven't had those delectable delights in over a year's time, and they were great. Also part of her present were a Spider-man ball, a beautifully-drawn picture of her and me as our alter egos - Silent Star and Noble Tiger (our quirky nicknames for each other), a Bible verse that I will add to the collection in my wallet, a Barnes 'n Noble gift certificate, and a nice long-sleeved grey Clemson shirt. Splendid gifts, all.
We stopped at my old high school, Shannon Forest Christian, to exchange our presents. Sadly, the school was locked up for the holidays, so we couldn't devote much time to looking around the place. But that's all right. We still had a wonderful time sharing small talk about our lives and other such topics. If you're reading this, Amanda, I hope you know how special a friend you are to me and the people around you. A true kindred spirit, you are.
Song of the Day: Camp Kirkland - "Mighty King"
Quote of the Day: "BRIAN! WHAT'S REALLY GOOD?" - Curtis Forbes
Verse of the Day: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." - John 15:1-2
My night shift at Chick-Fil-A morphed into an afternoon-and-night shift as our manager called and asked me to come in a couple hours earlier. I quickly found out why. We had the biggest rush of the year thus far, with a near unrelenting flock of customers keeping us on our toes all night long. Amazingly, it almost reached Cherrydale's rush level, and that's saying something for our mall. Maybe we should arrange for the North Pole to be moved to center court. I don't want Mr. Santa to leave and take all the excess customers with him. We need the business.
But anyway, enough about that. The real highlight of my night was having the opportunity to exchange gifts with my good friend Amanda. She did a wonderful job on her end. She baked a whole batch of tasty oatmeal raisin cookies for my family and me. I haven't had those delectable delights in over a year's time, and they were great. Also part of her present were a Spider-man ball, a beautifully-drawn picture of her and me as our alter egos - Silent Star and Noble Tiger (our quirky nicknames for each other), a Bible verse that I will add to the collection in my wallet, a Barnes 'n Noble gift certificate, and a nice long-sleeved grey Clemson shirt. Splendid gifts, all.
We stopped at my old high school, Shannon Forest Christian, to exchange our presents. Sadly, the school was locked up for the holidays, so we couldn't devote much time to looking around the place. But that's all right. We still had a wonderful time sharing small talk about our lives and other such topics. If you're reading this, Amanda, I hope you know how special a friend you are to me and the people around you. A true kindred spirit, you are.
Song of the Day: Camp Kirkland - "Mighty King"
Quote of the Day: "BRIAN! WHAT'S REALLY GOOD?" - Curtis Forbes
Verse of the Day: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." - John 15:1-2
posted by david @ 1:44 AM
1 Comments:
At 4:24 PM,
Amanda | Glittericity said…
Of course I'm reading it, David. And I hope you realize what a wonderful friend you are as well. Merry Christmas!
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