[Super Duper Fantastic] ISFP/INFP. 4w5. World Explorer. Super Hero. Rose-colored Glasses.

I have another week of work, and then it’s mandatory vacation. Of course, since I’m still on contract, it won’t be a paid holiday. Oh well!

We don’t really do anything at our house like put up a tree or line the windows with holiday lights because we are too lazy to take it all down. The parents aren’t into gift exchanges, so we aren’t really either. To get into the spirit of things, I’ve been doing a lot of celebrating/gathering/decorating elsewhere.

Several nights ago, RV and I went over to his mother’s place to put up decorations and trim the tree. She’s having an early Christmas party because she’ll be out of town on the actual day. RV will be at his dad’s, so I’ll take every opportunity to get a peek at any presents he’s giving me. We’ll be opening gifts on Sunday!

Last night, a bunch of us gathered at Keane‘s [the place I helped to decorate last week] place to wrap presents and gift each other with “not useful to ourselves, but useful to others” presents. Most of us are not of the gift-giving variety [except to maybe significant others and siblings], so it was our little way of gathering and stacking a ton of presents under the tree regardless of whether the presents were for ourselves or just regifting of old items. Add some small bites, cider+rum, some good wine, and a movie or two, and you’ve got a fantastic night with friends and gift wrap!

I also got to open up one of my gifts [apparently there are a few more!], which is the namesake of this entry. RV got me purple pens. What is the significance of purple pens?

I’m a fan of surprises, but I am not the most patient person, so if you tell me you are giving me something, I will do all that I can to squeeze that information out of you. A month or so ago, the sister bought a present for me. I kept asking her over and over about the present, and she finally gave in and told me that she had bought purple pens. That was her default answer, even though the present was not actually a purple pen.

So purple pens last night – hilarious. And it appears that I’ll never be able to get RV or the sister to open up their lips when it comes to presents! *shake fist*

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