Christmas and Beyond

Hello readers. First, I will welcome Garrett o my list of readers. Yay! Garrett is a friend who I haven't talked to for a long time. We met in Louisiana, but he's not one of the creeps. So. This update was requested by Amy and I'm gonna tell you how Christmas stuff was. Christmas morning I got up around 8:15. As I said before, the Christmas cheer was kinda missing. Dad wasn't there the whole time we opened presents. I don't know or care where he was. I got a studio quality microphone, a couple books on tape, a CD, and a shirt. The CD was Taylor Swift. Yay! Then we were going to my grandma's house. We were supposed to leave around 11 or 11:30. Well, my dad was in the bathroom for at least an hour if that wasn't where h'd been the whole time. So we left at 12:15. Sometimes, I think my dad just doesn't want to go to Christmas stuff. One time, he was so into his PDa that we left and he didn't even show up until we needed to go to the next gathering. I really wanted to go there too because my aunt and cousins were there. They are musicians. Finally, people in my family that I can relate to! So from my grandparents, I got a gift card to Old Navy, a popcorn popper, and a big bag of peanut-butter cups. Yummy! Grandma told us that that would be the last Christmas brunch at her house because she was getting too tired to do it. I wanted to cry. I, like Amy, hate when traditions change. Afterwards, I talked to my aunt about musicals. She said that she was going to get me Gigi, Carousel, Westside Story, and My fair Lady on DVD. I'm glad. I've seen three of them, but not in a very long time. Then she asked me to sing the national anthem and Someone to Watch Over Me and Away in a Manger. Then we talked about writing songs. She said to tell her a feeling I felt without thinking of a lyric. So I said something and she went insane and said I have songwriting talent. LOL. That's hilarious. Anyway, we left there after my dad once again went to the bathroom forever. *rolls eyes*. Then we went to my aunt's house and had Christmas dinner. This was a bit more of a british style thing like the party I went to last year for my uncle. The guys and one of my younger cousins played beer pong. Then we opened presents. I got a country karaoke CD with a bunch of new songs that I don't have. Yay! I got the other Taylor Swift album, a cordless phone, and another book on tape. I couldn't believe I didn't get any clothes from that side of the family. I love Christmas lists. LOL. Then we had apple pie and custard. For those who don't know, custard is a hot vanilla pudding. It goes perfectly with apple pie/apple crisp. My nana also made chocolate cream cheese delight which is similar to blueberry delight. The only difference is the chocolate pudding in hers was blueberry filling in mine. I was incredibly bored Friday and yesterday. I watched too many christmas movies. Mom went to emergency again on Friday. I've had too much turkey. Turkey soup and sandwiches have been a constant this weekend. I'm really excited because I'm going home tomorrow. L.A. is calling. Oh. And please pray for me guys. I'm going to get some help for my paranoia and other problems. A friend of Kristin's is going to see me on Friday. Well, access is coming for me at 11 tomorrow and I'm really happy. I've really been missing Kristin, Ana, Kahlik, and My-key who I haven't seen in probably three weeks. I'm also kinda sad because I haven't been to Sunday worship for a few weeks. I'm on the committee and I feel like I haven't been doing anything and that's because I'm not there as much as I used to be. Well, I think it's time for me to go. I don't have much more to say. Oh. Yes I do. Today was a little more fun because we played gin. My nana came over and mom, nana, and I played cards. I was the winner. I'm sure that ill change at home. Who knows? LOL. And that reminds me that I need to find Taboo. Well, I'll talk to everyone later. Bye.
Leena