Christmas

So Christmas is over. To be honest I'm not too sorry to see it go. This year the time leading up to christmas was not so good. Don't get me wrong Christmas Eve and Christmas day were Tha BOMB.. I guess I will skip the potentially very long winded explanation of why because if you are reading this and you know me, then you know why.



So on with the events of CHRISTMAS:

The Eve of the Eve. Catherine went to work then came home. I was at home wrapping presents for a couple hours. Got some under the tree and when catherine came home we did the gift opening between her and my self. I got the Kevin Smith book that I have been wanting since it came out. Also a new Hoodie. I LOVE the new hoodie feel.

The Eve. Catherine went to work super early, like 4:15am. come home after a half day and we prep-ed for a night/dinner/christmas party at the grandparents (h's). We drove to eagan and meet with the h's at there house and there were a lot of the h's there. We had a ham dinner. Got to tell you though they do one of the strangest gift exchanges that I have ever seen. Everybody that came should have Brought 5 -1 dollar presents. So there was roughly 15 people.. hmm do the math 15 * 5 = 75. So they all get dumped in the middle of the room them we circle and roll dice for presents. If you get doubles you get to pick one. Then once the presents are gone, there is a set time decided at the moment of when you can roll doubles agian then steal a present. It was pretty fun. I got 4 and catherine ended up with like 8. It was pretty fun. I would say the most memorable for me is Kelly, Catherines sister. Got soooo pissed after catherine kept rolling doubles and she didn't. She's 10 and is a drama queen. so its very amusing. After we left we grabbed Kevin (Catherine's Brother) and went back to the apartment to grab our stuff so that we could sleep over at her parents house (very strange for me since this was the first time). It was pretty nice not having to drive from plymouth at 6 in the morning like last year. I had to sleep on the futon in the cold basement but it was worth it.

The Day: Christmas day was good minus the 2 am medical scare with catherines throat. She was having problems breathing. So when we woke up we did the gift opening with her parnets. I got a can of spaghetti from santa with a panera gift card taped to it ( can you say bacon turkey bravo ) and the salt and pepper griners that I asked for. After the gift opening we all got ready to Christmas day Mass. We went to Epiphany. It was pretty nice. Still kinda awkward when they go for communion and I don't get to. Meh, I'm getting used to it. After church we went back to the house to have breakfast. Catherine's dad makes omelette's they were really good. After that we packed up and drove over to my mom's new place. Got there and we started cooking. Catherine took a nap. Dad got there. Thats right for the first time in 16 years both my parents were together. First time since they were divorced i should say. It was fun, everybody had a good time. So we were cooking and when the ham got in the oven. I set up the Wii and mom, dad, and I played bowling on wii. After the 5th game Mike, Amy, and Anna got there. Then it was time to eat. After the second ham dinner in 2 days, I;ve had enough ham for a while. I was really good though. After the dishes we started the gift opening. I got a pair of boxers from Amy say Butt quack on the back (classic), a shirt that has the mustang symbol on it that says ride the pony (also classic), got an ordament that says matherine. From mom I got a button down shirt and Super Mario Galaxy for Wii. (YAY) Dad got me Guitar Hero 3 for Wii. (YAY) Of course I just had to play guitar hero right way. It rocked. then we cleaned up and layed around for a while and then we packed up and went home.

At home. Mind you that ever since the morning it had been snowing and because it was christmas nobody from the apartment complex had been there to shovel/plow. So we had a car full of shit, no I'm not kidding, literally a car full of stuff to bring in to the apartment from all three events. So I thought I'm going to pull up to the front door and go inside and get a cart and that will make the task so much easier. Well alls well and good until I get in to the parking lot and to the cul de sak were there had not been anyone driving to pack down the snow. Needless to say the pontiac sucks in the snow but trying to get threw semi deep snow is not good. Its not the buick after all. LOL.... So i drove in there and sure enough we got stuck! really STUCK.. tires would just spin. Took me and two other very nice people that came and helped pushing and catherine driving the car in reverse to get it unstuck. didnt take very long thank god to get it out. Then I just parked it and carried in all the stuff by hand. 4 trips but oh well.

Well thats pretty much it.. Pretty fun and eventful couple days. Thought I should write it down before I forget! :)