I am presently on vacation (leave from work I have to take or else I lose it), and my oldest son is home, as well, having had surgery on his right leg. It's a good thing I'm home because he's literally bed-bound and needs help getting things and what-not. Now Christmas is my favorite holiday, and I usually decorate my tiny apartment to the hilt, but not this year. I have health issues as well, and try to conserve my energies to attend to my son. However, I am enjoying taking naps, watching a...

At 3:20 am, my SO turned on the lights and said, "Get up, get dressed, the mall is calling us!" He was ready with his jacket and hat on! Off we go, park and into the mall. Not too many people. Good, won't have to wait on those horribly long lines, well, he does, I sit down! We were in the first store and five minutes later, I get stomach cramps! I made a beehive for the restrooms. Darn eggnog! Ten minutes later I'm out and we head for another store. Five minutes past and here...