It was a slow day at the office – so slow that at one point I took a very quick break and zipped onto Amazon to order a birthday present for my brother-in-law. I have to admit I have a deep and abiding love for Amazon.com – the fact that I can order an item, have it shipped directly to the recipient, gift wrapped and with a little note, all from the comfort of my own chair, is awesome. There’s been this talk on the forum I frequent about feeling as if we are maybe living in the future. We may not yet have flying cars or teleportation, but we at least have comprehensive online shopping that provides the ultimate holiday gift – complete avoidance of having to step foot inside any sort of shopping mall.

Anyway. It’s been fairly uneventful, as far as days go. We did an office lunch – can never go wrong with Chinese food for that – and as info from other offices came trickling in, indicating that they were all officially shutting down at 2 or 3 in the afternoon, our tiny little office shrugged its collective shoulders and decided we’d join the trend.

Richard and I went out for dinner, and stopped by the grocery store on the way home. I’d been hoping that by going later in the evening it wouldn’t be too crowded, but it’s the night before Thanksgiving and I suspect there is no time that will not be crowded, until they finally close their doors at some point tomorrow afternoon and leave any last minute shoppers stranded. Their tough luck.

Posted for NaBloPoMo.