Dec 15 2008
Manic Monday: Candle
Prompt by Mo at Manic Monday
“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.”
~Stephen Wright
Because why try to fight it? It occurred to me that I was going on about this whole Christmas tree thing all wrong. So what if Gus wants to obsessively redecorate the tree during every waking moment? I watched him at it this morning, and he was oddly calm, singing his versions of Christmas carols and just moving the ornaments around. He actually spread them out now so they’re not all clumped at the bottom. I’m not entirely comfortable with him around the lit tree with all that water in the bottom, so maybe I just disconnect the lights at a point where he can’t reach? Or maybe I just don’t worry about it. Maybe I just go find a yoga class, chill out and let it go. I mean, it’s just a tree, right? There’s aren’t even any candles on it to start a fire.
He has, since my posting, broken 2 of our keepsake ornaments, one of which was given to us for his second Christmas. It was only a matter of time.