survive the holidays

“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

is not so hard. Tomorrow will be a new year and everything will be OK for the next year. I’m glad that I was able to make it this christmas with minimum headaches.

I can safely say I’ve survived…and I’ll do it all over again next year.

would be to actually get started. I haven’t bought a single Christmas present yet. Last week was all about birthday presents, so now I’ve got two weeks to buy everything. Why do I always end up putting everything off until the last minute?

Kidnap the Sandy Claws (as done by She Wants Revenge) has been circulating in my head for days. Christmas cheer abounds!

my mom paid my flight home :). I’m happy to be able to go home and spend time with my mom and grandmother. I think it will def be quality time and we’ll do alot of bonding because my stepfathr and little brother will be out of town and so my mom will be more free to do things with me. on the other hand, Miami brings so much sad memories. It will be a challenge to go over there and act like I dont have an ex husband there. I think I’m not in love with him anymore but there are still alot of memories left of us there. And, I also have to deal with the rest of my family which can be very annoying. I hate the fact that they dont keep their mouth shut and will pound me with questions about my ex. So, I know I will survive the holidays but I just need to be mentally prepare for two very stressful weeks.

got a little homesick toward the afternoon but I survived better than i thought i would

Thanksgiving is done. I made it through the HUGE holiday family gathering with only a few questions about when I plan on getting married and having babies and getting back into church. I love my family, but when you’re so close, they feel like they can say anything, and I normally end up getting pissed. But not this year. I made it out alive and happy!

I also bought my mom’s birthday present yesterday. Her birthday isn’t until Saturday so I’m fairly proud of myself for planning ahead.

first year I wont have my family with me.

The family of friends has decided to trade names for Xmas, so we all won’t go further into debt buying for everyone. I got G’s name. Well, how about that? I LOVE shopping for him, so that won’t suck at all.