Do I, or Don't I?

My friend Romy, and her cats Delta and Seryi have sent me a package. Do I open it now or wait for Christmas? It is not marked "Do not open 'til Christmas" so I think it is a pre-Christmas package that will soon be followed by a Christmas gift! In that case I should open it now. Then again, the cats did a nice job of decorating the envelope in Christmas colors, so maybe it is a Christmas present. That would argue for waiting two weeks before opening.

What to do, dear reader, what to do?

While you think about this I am going back to sleep on the couch.

Tien and Rachelle convinced me to take a peek. Okay, I confess I was going to peek anyway. Here's what is inside:

It is wrapped, so it might be a Christmas gift. Then again, there is no Christmas card, leading me to think this is just a random gift out of the kindness of Romy's heart, and that a lovely, larger Christmas, with card, will soon appear. I have it on good authority that she will soon make an appearance on these pages to set the record straight.

Comments

[rachelle]

i usually would open it.. because the person would never know if you opened it early anyway.. well, unless you posted it on your site!!!

[tien]

and what if it contains perishable goods?!? maybe it needs to be eaten right away!!

[joe]

nothing perishable. shy Ms. Romy, Ph.D. has checked in offline and says to wait. She knows me too well to know that will never happen. Besides, I can see through the wrapping paper!

[rachelle]

is it martha stewart living!?

[rachelle]

and do you go by "joey" ?

[joe]

I think, I hope, it is the martha stewart living parody.

Romy is the only non-relative who calls me joey. joe is preferred but I'll answer to joey. I won't respond to joseph, though, as it isn't my name.

[rachelle]

so on your birth certificate it says "joe"? i recently asked my friend eddie if his "real name" was eduardo and he's like "no.. it's eddie". i like it when people name their kids what they want to call them and not name them something then call them something else.

[joe]

Oops, I was a bit cryptic there. My given name is "Joachim". Same as my father's (he is from germany). My parents named me Joachim and my sister "Judy Ann" with the intent of calling us that, but it has always been Judy and joey when I was young, or joe now,

[rachelle]

ahh. now it makes sense.. yes, schumacher is a nice german name.. i knew lots of schumachers in wi. and you pronounce it shew-mock-er, right? one of my good friend's here's last name is shoemaker.. pronounced just like a man who makes shoes.. heh. but all of them in wi were spelled & pronounced like your name.