| The Holidays |
[Jan. 8th, 2008|12:37 am] |
Ahh, yes.
So, for the most part, the holidays were great for me. Christmas was a little tough simply because the day before I had opened, not getting much sleep the night before, and had to stay up for festivities later that night. Managed to stay strong until about eight thirty when I decided that it was about time to pass the fuck out (for a nap, at least). I woke up a couple hours later when Austin and Karen showed up. I was enjoying the whole thing except for the fact that my allergies were making me miserable. My dad came and we all had good times for the two nights Sarah and I stayed. (Over at her Mom's place)
The gifts we received were very nice, got some gift cards to Ikea, Sephora (for Sarah, obviously), Starbucks, and Olive Garden. I got my dad a USB turntable so he can finally do something with all of the vinyl he has. More gifts for more people et cetera... don't really feel like divulging what every single person got.
Day after Christmas and it's back to work for Dan, 10 hour days until we leave for Florida on the 30th to see our families. (My family has a huge thing every new year.)
I got to see my Aunt and Uncle, four of my six cousins, their wives and children (for the two that are married, obviously), my Grandmother, and a number of other people I haven't seen in years.
Then we also saw two of Sarah's Aunts and her Uncle off in Niceville, which was lovely.. nice long drive to get there.
Alright well, instead of continuing to recall events, let me get into it a little more.
All of my family was very impressed with me. They loved Sarah, and felt that I had grown up a lot, and matured into someone respectable and reliable. I'm glad, for the most part, that they think that of me, but I also feel like I should disagree with them. It's been something I've really been putting some thought into lately, and it could be just that I'm getting down on myself, but I really don't feel like I've become all that more responsible and adult. It could be because I think that people still look at me like I'm a kid, or it could be that every time I try to make an adult decision, my dad flips out, or I feel like I need to clear it with my mother, or whatever... Or perhaps because I feel like I'm not really responsible with my money yet. In any case, I feel like I'm still a kid doing adult things.
On another note, I am very glad that my family loved Sarah and that she got along with all of them famously.
Ug, I'm finding it so difficult to just stream my thoughts tonight. Let me just mention a few more things, and then I'll be off.
Since we've been back (we came back on the 2nd) I found that I gained 10 lbs over the holidays (not entirely surprising. I think the thing I had most of was chocolate), so I'm back on the diet, hopefully to get down to my goal weight finally. I need to pass the plateau that I hit before. It's just been so hard to get back to the gym, we have to try really hard now just to keep active and not eat crappy food.
Other notes:
-Thinking of quitting Einstein's (again)
-Bought a ridiculous TV (see what I mean?)
-I miss my friends that are away for the holidays.
-want Orange Box for ps3.
-quit smoking again. hopefully this time for good.
-Thinking of seeing someone to overcome my ridiculous fear of certain foods
-Anyone want a huge CRT monitor? Let's talk(about 22" to 25". Yeah, TV-sized, I know.)
-I think that's all I've got |
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