I wasn't going to do it
I really wasn't in the mood. In spite of Christmas decorations being up all over town, I just wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit. I always put off putting up the tree until at least the first of December, it's kind of a tradition in our family to not put up the tree until the November birthdays are over. Fair enough too. But this year December 1st came and went and the tree stayed in its box up in the wardrobe. The tinsel and baubles stayed in their boxes too, up in the wardrobe. I felt I just couldn't be bothered. Until yesterday. I was outside looking at the shadecloth on my back porch, checking for rips or holes after the big winds we've been having, but from the outside, not inside the porch, so I was right next to the front porch of my new back neighbour. (The young man who lived there was moved out some time ago, to a more supervised facility as he was unable to properly care for himself.) Anyway, she popped out of her door and made her wa...