Anonymous blogging and my almost inability to do good deeds for a whole entire month

Sometimes I wish I had an anonymous blog, or at least one that my family didn't read so I could post some of the ridiculous stuff that happens to me. But alas, I've done that before and it only sounds the alarm in my family causing me to have to answer countless questions about my well-being.

So instead, I'm just going to almost finish up this Good Deed December project by listing everything I did that was nice in December so you can feel bad about yourself for not doing as many nice things as I did. Just kidding! I love you. More than I love my blue suede and black snakeskin steve madden heels. (Almost).

So here it is:

Good Deed December Update days 14-28th!

December 28th: Since Dan wasn't here to lend his muscles and my brother's back was conveniently hurting, I carried my mom's and brother's bags out to the cab for them. It's a small deed, but I could have just sat in the warm house instead.

December 27th: Dan's parents met my family for the first time. It's a big deal since we've been dating for 2.5 years. I made poor man's turtles (rolos, pecans, prezels) to bring to dinner and give to Dan's parents.

December 26th: We were at my aunt's house celebrating Christmas with the whole family, including my cousin's daughter Arianna, who's 5 and needs the spotlight on her, always. Another little kid, Johnny, who's 6, showed up, only to be completel shunned and ignored by Arianna. I wanted to let her know this wasn't okay, so I started playing Go Fish with him (right in front of her) hoping that she'd join. She did and started to get over her brattiness, until Johnny started winning. Every time he got a pair, you could see her eyes flare up with anger.

December 25th: This was Christmas. I did nothing but lay around all day and watch movies with the family. And eat. Boy, did we eat. A lot.

December 24th: This year, both my cousin and I got laid off. We have four aunts including our mothers, who have been more than wonderful during this hard year for us. In appreciation, we wrote them each a note and gave them special presents to say thanks for checking up on us to make sure we don't need anything, sending us job postings, and buying us stuff they know we need but won't ask for, etc...

December 23rd: I let Dan off the hook and did his part of the cleaning that he promised to do before my mom and brother flew in, including the downstairs bathroom that mostly gets used when we have parties and only gets cleaned once every few months. Gag!

December 22nd: I started going through my clothes and making donate, sell and keep piles. This is only the start of a good deed. It's going to take awhile...

December 21st: I had TWO Secret Santa fails this day that almost caused a meltdown. I received my Secret Santa letter from the SunTimes late (Wednesday the 16th to be exact) and the deadline for the gift to be received was THAT Friday (the 18th). Of course, I didn't have time to pick out a lego set and mail it in two days, so I thought I'd just drop it off at the school to ensure my kid still got his present. I called them as I was leaving to drop it off and the kids had already left for Christmas break, therefore, my secret santa kid had to open whatever extra gift they had just lying around. That broke my heart! What if he got something totally lame, like socks, when he could have gotten a 2-in-1 lego set that lets you build a helicopter OR a crazy jet fighter thing! Ugh.

Then I found out that the kids I was going to send presents to in foster care, aren't allowed to get presents from people who aren't family because of some foster care privacy thing. I don't even know the kids, but after hearing that their mom died and they were split up, I wanted to help. I hope they had a good Christmas anyway. :|

Since I was powerless in both situations, I decided to mail the lego set to the school anyway, so they'd have it for some other 8 yr old boy next year in case his Secret Santa is a big failure, too!

December 20th: I wrote a letter to my one of my brothers who's in Marine boot camp right now and mailed it so he would, hopefully, get it before Christmas. I wanted to send a gift but he said he'd get harassed if I did. <--- Military is ridiculous! P.S. If I was a mean sister I'd send him something girly, like one of these gift baskets, but since I want him to come home in one piece, I guess all he gets is a letter. BORING!

December 19th: I went shopping for last minute Christmas presents with my friend Dianna. In the line for Old Navy, the cashier rang up my merchandise wrong and had to redo it...twice. I didn't complain and instead smiled and said, "No problem!" as she apologized profusely. In return, JUST FOR NOT BEING A BITCH, she gave me a $5 gift card.

December 18th: I carried a God Damn spicy cheese quesadilla from Burrito Beach around in my purse for almost a whole day hoping I'd find a homeless person to give it to. Surprisingly, I didnt. Instead, it ended up as drunk food for my boyfriend and friend later that night.

December 17th: I got really mad at Dan this day, because he was pushing me to take on more than I thought I could handle, especially around the holidays, and instead of chewing his face off, I had a normal discussion with him. I said I want to enjoy the work I do and if I'm taking on more than is phsyically possible for one person, I'm not going to. He acknowledged he might be a hard partner to have sometimes and we got over it. I'm not going to lie, I took pleasure in hearing him admit that. On the other hand, it's nice to be with somebody who thinks that I'm capable of a lot even if, on bad days, I don't feel the same way.

December 16th: I passed a lady who had a map in her hand and sweat on her forehead. She was obviously lost and instead of just walking past, I stopped and asked if she needed directions. I'm about the last person in the world who should help someone with directions, but it turned out she was only a block from where she needed to be, so I pointed her in the right direction, gave her a smack on the butt, and sent her on the way. Okay, I'm lying about the butt-smacking thing. I would never hit a stranger!

December 15th: I left my house in 7 degree weather to meet with Caleb, founder of Save the Cups, to offer my copywriting services to the project. I have now signed on to help with all of their communications sans pay because a) I like that it's a socially responsible way to use social media, and b) Caleb is one of my first Twitter friends. You never forget your first (Twitter friends).

December 14th: I sent more jobs I found online to friends who are looking, including one I was going to apply for, but for which a friend was more suited.

3 more days and I get to be selfish! Mwaahahaha!

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