i feel like i should write about christmas, tho i feel it can be summed up by saying that i loved seeing my family, i got spoiled, and i ate entirely too much food.
andrew and i picked joshua up when he closed on christmas eve and made record time on the drive north. we dropped andrew off with his dad and went to my dad's for our family gift exchange. ate some snacks, harassed my brothers, took off to mom's around 11.
we ate and dranks at mom's, stayed up late. we didn't sleep nearly as late as i thought we would on christmas morning, but it was all good. my brother and his girlfriend showed up and we did stockings and opened gifts. i felt a little guilty because josh and i had so many gifts to open, but reminded myself that this was our one christmas celebration, with gifts from both sets of parents, and from each other, whereas alex and kristen had already given one another gifts, and were having another celebration with her parents the next day. i got a ton of things, including a new crockpot (with a timer), a cast enamel pot (purple!), a pizza stone, body shop body butter, pyjamas (vs long janes), gift cards for various places (between the 2 of us josh and i got over $200 in gift cards for cineplex), and the showstopper: beats by dre from my husband.
christmas dinner was delicious, and there were copious amounts of leftovers, as my mother cooked a 22lb turkey for 4 people. insanity. she sent us home with nearly an entire turkey breast, plus dark meat. i'm not complaining. i also still have brussels sprouts and bacon to reheat. that will likely be lunch tomorrow.
we came home early boxing day because joshua had to work. it sucked that our visit was so short, but nice that we got to go home for the time that we could - i know that some poeple don't even get that much. i'm off until the new year, which is lovely, even if i feel like i'm "wasting" this vacation time by being a sloth. i guess i'm not entirely wasting my time. i went for a late lunch with my friend valerie yesterday. it was amazing to see her, it had been far too long (a year and a halfish?). we spent a few hours in a cute little restaurant just chatting and catching up. she's adorable, i hope that i can join her for her birthday celebrations in february.
today i'm going to make a couple of returns/exchanges, then meet up with friends to finally see les miserables. i know it's only been out for a few days, but it feels like i've waited forever for it. i've just been so excited for its release; i don't know that i've ever been this excited for a film before. |
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