Stu and I are leaving for Europe tomorrow! We are going to spend 3 weeks in Spain and perhaps 1 or 2 other countries - maybe France and England, I don't know - with my family, plans change every five seconds. *shrugs* We'll see how it goes.
I don't know how I feel about going to see my family. I was excited for a while but when I started filling Stu in on what we're allowed to talk about/watch/listen and what we're not allowed, and what family jokes he needs to know and who will fight who and all of the situations that arise in a large-ish family...well, I just got a little nervous.
I don't want to be lectured this year. I don't want to get laughed at this year. I don't want to be told that I am going to turn into a Wiccan-Lesbian by reading HP. So it's another three weeks of pretending that I'm not who I am. I can't even tell them what my hubby got me for Christmas. (YOU GOT DICE TO PLAY D&D???? AAAAAAGH!!!)
My poor family. :p I do love them. I think. Sometimes. And I do want to have a great Christmas and New Year's. Thank goodness I have my wonderful Stu to take with me.
I do love our Christmas traditions - we have certain cd's that we listen to (The Carpenter's Christmas Album, Manheim Steamroller's Christmas album, Phillips, Craig & Dean's Christmas album), certain movies we watch (Muppet's Christmas Carol, Rudolph [the Claymation], Charlie Brown Christmas, the cartoon The Grinch that Stole Christmas), and certain foods we eat (olive balls, almond bark-dipped Ritz bites, cranberry sauce, & apple pie), and certain things that we do to get into the holiday spirit (decorate the tree, read Christmas books aloud, light a fire in the fireplace)...We do have a lot of lovely traditions that I can't wait to take part in...so on that note...I am looking forward to Christmas.
PS...I am also way too excited about my Harry Potter FDS next semester...I've already started working on it...:p
yes because while you read harry potter you suddenly feel attracted to woman and want to use spells!..attack of the wiccan-lesbians!
ReplyDeletei feel your pain, my mom saw my kit of makeup and thought she had failed as a parent, it was really annoying to have to hear about it all week.
i hope your time with your family is torelable,
im expecting to see some good pictures!