Come here little kiddies

had my first experience of Christmas entertainment for children- in shopping malls. I was placed as a friendly, happy elf to overport centre- one cant even call it a mall, as its one of the ugliest, grossest centres around; well there are a few others in durban, but few are out uglied but overport. There I was in my purple elf finery, with face paint (smudged that in the first 5 seconds so looked a little weird for the rest of the day) and had to be happy on 4 hours of sleep and entertain kiddies. It was the best job ever- I'd sell my soul again to go through that. Compared to the hell of waitressing at the wedding yesterday it was rad. I got to totally sit on my ass, colouring in christmas pictures and chatting to kids; something I don't do enough these days! Luckily the guy I was with was entertaining, one of those entertaining joks who are far too happy for their own good, and who go home at night and cry themselves to sleep. I digress and am being mean, I was actually thankful he was there as it allowed me to colour quietly in the corner of the blanket and chat to the cool kids. Needless to say I really don't mind making money this way- the embarrassment factor falls away when there are more than one of you around looking like fools anyway. im the purple elf tomorrow again. But hopefully sometime this week I get to be a princess- was looking in awe while the princesses were getting ready this morning. Being a lowly elf aint that cool when there are tiaras and pretty dresses around. We all need big dreams I suppose. All these benefits and I finished at one, so could proceed to come home and sleep my hot, sunny afternoon away. Awesome. Followed by a happy wake up call beginning with a distant crackle, and "hey puppy"... I could have days like these forever. Except I'd rather have you here. x