[brief unrelated thing i just remembered: i had this weird feeling that i've acquired a slight accent, probably southern, but my family didn't notice it. but when i mentioned it to yasha last night he totally did. weird.]
dude, the last two days of work last week were surprisingly fun in a hectic way. wednesday i counted the storage backstock and snacked on our holiday potluck food. syeda's samosas were very good, even though najib ate about half of them... cedric smoked a whole turkey and it was tasty, though cold. mom made chili and brought some of our christmas cookies. there were some vegan foods too - tim's cookies were really good, which somehow surprised me. not because he made them, but because i wouldn't think of vegan food tasting that good for some reason... idk...
christmas eve was busy but fun. there was still a lot of random food to be had: liz brought munchkins, there were some leftover cookies from the party the day before, syeda brought 2 dozen donuts, and then dan ordered 9 pizzas. yeah, plenty of food. jt ate 8 donuts plus he leftover chili and a couple slices of pizza. jay ate a ton of pizza too. dan hid one of the boxes of vegan pizza in the office for people who were actually vegan because it's so good non-vegans eat a lot. though fred had probably at least 4.
those are the only 2 days i didn't really feel any ill-effects of not taking a break.
went to bed ridiculously early christmas eve: around 10:15. it really hasn't felt like christmas at all. i think that might be because we've only implemented some of our traditional christmas things, not everything. so there was no mug rotation, hardly a table covering rotation, no hunting for a real tree to go with the fake one, no combined shopping trips, no listening to the same old christmas cds. i think we were kinda lazy this year regarding our traditions. we did our same decorating rituals, we set up the nativity [even though we're hardly religious about this anymore], dad finally got the moravian star to go together correctly.
matt was actually the last one up christmas morning. mom made multi-berry coffee cake and i had my yummy kiwi-pear tea. my presents: lucy-the-sewing-machine back in october, $50 cash-money, "jean therapy" book, "easy one dish meals" book, an old pair of jeans of dad's. not bad. matt: "where the wild parties at?" shirt, knit hat, $50 cash-money, 'modern warfare 2' for 360, probably something else i forget... dad: tbd jerry garcia tie, knit hat, chalk mug with pen, uhh.... [it was a couple days ago, i forget...] mom: yummy dessert cookbooks, giant map of us for mapping motorcycle trips, a bunch of eyeglass-keeper pins, chalk mug with pen, boombox with double headphone cord.
then we headed over to poppop's! it was a super informal dinner, as aunt anne had brought short sugar's barbecue. so i wore my free kitten shirt. the cousins were at the murphey's to give poppop a break from having to deal with ben and nancy, which was nice of anne. so us older people sat around talking and such. and waiting. and finally we call over and find out it'll still be a little while [there's a backup in the shower] so we decide to go ahead and eat. mmmmmmmmmmm
finally everyone gets there and it's hella loud... like whoa... we open presents. nothing really remarkable. kat really liked the stuff i made her and the hoodie mom made for her. poppop gave all the families pretty much the same thing: a wind chime his neighbor made out of old kitchen utensils and a rotary belgian waffle maker. i played some guitar hero and then kat coerced a slew of people into playing taboo. dad kicked ass cuz he's mister media. if i'm ever on a game show or in the cash cab, he's my lifeline, no question. it was pretty fun.
pawpaw and carole came on boxing day. we talked for a while, matt opened his presents cuz he and andy were hitting sales [and no doubt other things...]. he got a really nice knife, sand circles for a nice power tool. i'm not sure what specifically it was... dad got a few ties and a set of giant reusable zip ties. mom got a twisty note pad and something else... i got a twisty note pad and a giant mug. we ate cold ham [yummm] and pawpaw went to pick up carole from somewhere off 97. she got here and we opened the rest of the presents. mom got a rubber shoe door prop and a measure conversion magnet. dad got a wheely shop chair. i got a person pot coaster and a nice glass wall clock for the house.
then i ran off to have fun with yasha. i helped him fold his laundry. we went to dinner with his dad, alla, and his grandparents at don pablos. i ate my entire plate of enchiladas! i was so proud and so stuffed! then we left them and decided to hang out with harry. not really sure why... we picked him up and drove all the way down eastern ave from middle river to the city. then we parked in fells point and walked from there to harborplace and back. when we passed the wtc i had to take the time to try and name all the flags. i did pretty good. thank you, hetalia! and so we drove back home and such.
and yeah, that was pretty much my christmas. i recorded the doctor who special, as i was out with yasha at the time, and i watched it when i got home from work today.
HOLY GOD!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA EXPLODE!!! RTD, YOU ARE FUCKING AMAZINGGG!!!
part 2 premieres next saturday. I CAN'T FUCKING WAITTTTT!!!
also, i have no idea wtf my internet is doing right now. seriously.
anyway, a pic!
drawn for me by jessica! yayyy!!
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