| | I was about to get on here and complain about the lack of updates from my acade-homies, but then I noticed that my last update was Dec. 21st. Nicht sehr gut.
Sooo, general update time:
Christmas worked out well. There was a brief epic battle over an hour on Christmas morning. Had I been 8, I would have been scarred. Being 22, I found it hilarious. It was a hard transition time. My parents both had this attitude that what happened this year would basically set the tone for all of eternity. So we had to get it right this time. Yarg.
What was really annoying was that my dad put on this whole song and dance about wanting to start a tradition of opening presents with Candy's family. That in itself is no big deal--in fact, I thought it was a good idea to spend a holiday that is traditionally considered "family" time working out this new dynamic. What pissed me off is that for however much Dad wanted this, Candy (or, more likely, her kids) didn't seem to give a crap about bending a little to make it work. Dad wanted Ryan and I to crash on Candy's couches so we could all wake up at the ass-crack of dawn and open presents. Apparently, Candy's son Andrew is really into this. But frankly, I didn't want to give up all of Christmas morning with my mom, and I wanted to sleep in my own bed. Sooo, Ryan and I get there fairly early, but with plenty of sun in the sky, and sure enough, Candy's kids had already opened their presents. So it was just Ryan and I opening presents with everyone just kind of looking at us.
Really family-bondy, people. Not awkward at all.
Then it was a matter of sitting around for another two hours until Candy's family whisked into the house, hung out for two hours and opened more presents, then whisked out again. Then we went over to visit my dad's side of the family (visited Mom's the previous day). All in all, it was fine. And I really enjoyed seeing my family. I even had some fun hanging out with Candy's fam. But for all the angst...sheesh.
Okay, more update later. Gotta see an adviser about a fellowship.
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| | Posted 1/15/2008 4:55 PM - 30 views - 1 comments
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