Christmas Shopping

I had a rude awakening yesterday. I cannot shop til I drop anymore. I now drop way before the shopping is done. Its pityful. Do you remember when you were in school and how you felt the day after your 1st day of PE. Well times that times 10 and thats how I feel today. I hate to admit it but I now envy the 250 lb. grandma on her scooter shopping away. When did standing and walking become such a dread. Maybe its sitting for 9 hours a day that has made me so unfit. Maybe its my age. I used to love shopping and go for hours and hours. I remember when me my sisters and mom would load into a car and we would leave early in the morning shop til the stores closed. We spent hours looking for that one special doll or toy that one of the kids wanted. It was go go go till we could go no longer. And the shopping didn't end until Christmas. I was never done and always looking for that one special thing. Then there was the baking and wrapping & grocery shopping. Well, that still has to happen. Now that we've added daughter in laws, a son in law and grandkids my list has grown & grown. Ed gets mad because he thinks we should just give them money. But how personal is that. It just wouldn't be Christmas if I didn't worry my self sick, shopping, trying to find exactly the right thing, and then watch them open their gifts and wonder if they really like it, and in then end wish I had given money or gift certificates. It just wouldn't be Christmas. And it takes a whole year for me to rest up, relax and start all over again. I don't know if its because my list gets longer every year or that I'm getting older and tireder but as I say every year, next year we just might give money and gift certificates.