It's weird here. Being that the sun rises from the East and all, it stays dark longer in the morning. See, to the East we have these giant mountains and it must take awhile for the sun to peek over the top of them and bathe the valley in good morning cheer. It must be for this reason that my new world seems just a little more sleepy than my old one.
On Saturday we bundled up the boy, stuck him in his red wagon, and went about delivering our neighborly Christmas gifts. We started at the house to the left. Their garage door was open but no one answered, so we left the tin of candy on their step.
We headed to the next door. Success. An open door. A friendly introduction.
We headed to the next house. We were greeted by fully clothed adults, though, their college aged daughter walked by, mortified, in pajamas. After being invited in, we talked for about ten minutes before we decided to get on with our deliveries.
As we approached the fourth house we found that the entire family was still in pajamas. They invited us in anyway. And they were very, very nice.
After leaving house number four, we crossed the street. Kids answered the door. "Thanks, our parents are asleep. Merry Christmas!" By this point we were starting to look at each other suspiciously. Apparently, we didn't get the notice that we moved onto Sleepy Creek Circle.
At house number six we heard a little boy scream, "Dad! There's people at the door and I don't know them!" After a minute of waiting we were about to leave the tin when the door opened. You guessed it. Dad was in pajamas. And he informed us that his wife was still sleeping. Awesome. Merry Christmas.
The door of house number seven opened promptly and the people inside were actually wearing clothes.
House number eight. Kid in pajamas.
Now, I am all for wearing pajamas, I like to put mine on around five in the afternoon, if we're getting technical. I'm all for sleeping in, if your kids will let you. Mine won't. And it's not like I called first and announced that we were coming. But I was starting to question my own sanity. Maybe we tried to do all of it a little too early. I just, well, I don't know. Call me crazy but, I thought that 10:30 in the morning was late enough. Next Christmas I'll wait until noon.
SOLD! I'll fit right in there. Just don't come around until about 2 in the afternoon. I should be dressed by then...on a good day.
ReplyDeletesays Jon about me...it's mostly true...sadly.
Oh yeah, 10:30 is WAY too early! :-) Noon would be about right.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the snow, the winter, the culture shock, etc!
-- Mossy, who is posting "anonymously" b/c her blog is at least R-rated, if not NC-17, and somehow linking that blog to this one feels like it is probably not in the best taste.