Oh, wait. I promised Paul I'd drive him to Appleton today. Damn him. That will only take a few hours, though, and I haven't really gotten very much Paul Time lately either. I like the Paul Time. He'll actually be calling fairly soon, probably, but I can write a little until then.

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Mmmm. Coffee. My parents gave Jared an espresso machine for Christmas, and Sarah gave him a grinder. That kicks ass on so many levels. First, of course, this means I now have a coffee grinder and an espresso machine. But the kickage of ass goes even further.

Jared was all "My family goes INSANE over Christmas. You're going to get like 20 presents." I knew my family wasn't going to be able to, or even want to, compete with that. I was afraid he'd be disappointed.

But, my family rocks. Without spending a cracklike amount of money, they found ideal gifts for him. In general, he's really into gadgets and tools. AND, these are gadgets that produce COFFEE!! How cool is that?

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While I was on vacation, the bookstore hired someone new. I lost the Sunday shift, which kind of sucks, but I can easily pick up Sunday restaurant hours, which sucks even more.

Dammit. I can't do the restaurant hungover. There was really no problem at all with staying up all night Saturday, and then bookselling for eight hours, but I know from experience that trying to do the restaurant in anything less than peak condition is a bad idea.

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Paul is here now, so I should go.

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