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The past week has been crazed, to say the least.

First and foremost is the double-edged sword of the new medication switch not being as effective as its predecessor. Without this, I wouldn’t have managed to stay awake for three nights out of the past ten, and thus get all of the holiday baking done within 12 hours, my fancy new site design ¹ done and all of the presents wrapped and the furniture moved {again}.

However, I’ll still have to speak to psychoghandi about this at the next appointment since the point is supposed to be to, you know, manage the way ups and downs.

In amongst the sleeplessness, we managed a preschool party, complete with crafts! and red-nosed children! and a concert! {that will not be posted since Zoë was wearing a dress, sitting in the front row, with her legs acrossed. And if that wasn’t obvious enough in the video, I help it along with the simple words, “Zo! Cover up your crotch, dood!” Yeah. Not totally bloggable.}

We checked out some lights at Van Deusen Gardens, just missing the carolers, but in time for the rain.

And then, there were presents.

It was a nearly perfect Christmas, with just enough love, family, toys and special moments.

Needless to say, we’re spent.

And tomorrow, we take it all down, pack it all up, duct tape the boxes back into submission and stuff them in the storage locker, left only with memories, a few scattered photos and a dream of 363 days later, when it’ll be Christmas again.

Me? I’m swinging into full-on productivity mode, because this last week of not working has actually gotten the motor revving for more. More work, hours, money, the like. It’s set my feet stumbling along the path of goals in the new year and reset my internal clock to 2010. As far as I’m concerned, it’s time to power onward with meeting my own wishes, making changes and finding the little bit of happiness that I want to find, everyday.

2009, goodbye – you were a mixed blessing; 2010, I’ve been waiting my whole life for you.

I hope every one’s holidays were near-perfect, too. And that 2010 will be as positive and momentous for you as I project it will be for us.

First of all, I don’t even know if I spelt festivus right, so there’s that.

Second of all, in my real, on paper, bound and everything, address book, I have 62 addresses.

Combined between my three gmail and one hotmail account, I have 378 contacts.

I follow 703 people on Twitter, meaning I really give a shit about what say, 600 have going on like, all the time – despite whether I’m commenting on it or not.

And then there’s facebook, where I have 198 friends.

That’s a total of 1238 potential festivus card recipients.

Remember how much it sucked to be one of the only kids who didn’t get a Valentine or only got one or two in their hand-crafted card-receptacle that was taped to the front of their desk in elementary school? It was like a blinking neon sign over your head, live nudes loser loser loser.

I’m so not down with enhancing those kind of memories by being too selective with my made it, checked it twice, regardless of who’s naughty or nice (but especially if they’re naughty) list.

So, for the first in about five years, I’m not sending out cards to anyone that doesn’t fit most of the following profile:

• you were one of the first five people I told the last three times I had sex;
• I would put a picture of your kids/dog/you on my fridge and leave it there until it was starting to yellow;
• I’ve cried while talking to you, hugging you or in the same room, without being embarrassed;
• I’ve known you for longer than five years;
• I haven’t hated you for most of the past five years;
• you’ve touched my life in a way that is impossible to describe with words and you often bring the L-word to mind;
• you’ve given me shit for being myself, despite that I might’ve given you shit back for it;
• you love my daughter and my daughter loves you.

That narrows down the playing field significantly, to all of, maybe… 1, 2, …5….10 people.

Which is good, since I bought a pack of 18 cards today, reduced by 50% and 10 canadian and 5 US stamps.

Isn’t the season of giving wonderful?