certron (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} certron) wrote,@ 2005-12-25 19:33:00 |
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Long time, no post.
Hi everyone, and Happy Hallowee'n, Joyous Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah. I haven't posted for a while, but I figure today is as good a day as any. Firstly, I'm not dead, which I do very much appreciate, believe me.
So, in the past almost-6 months, I've managed to graduate (although that happened before my last post), gotten a job, become slightly unhappy with job (due to apparent lack of an upgrade path), got engaged tovirginhuntress (can you believe it? :-), learned how to solve a Rubik's cube in under 7 minutes, and probably a whole host of things I can't quite think of right now.
I come to you this day because so far, it has been moderately crappy, although the night before was great. I spent the day with Michelle and her family, with the plan to drive to my grandmother's house for dinner with the rest of my family. I can't remember everything, I had some drinks, and some coffee, and talked a bunch with her Mom and Dad, managed to go to midnight Mass with Michelle and her brother (which was pretty much exactly how I imagined it would be), slept over, and ... woke up feeling pretty good but quickly started feeling ill. This is probably due slightly to the drinks and coffee earlier, but most likely caused by getting 4 or so hours of sleep every night for the past 4 days. I was supposed to leave at 10:30 to arrive at my grandmother's house at 12:00 to 12:30, but didn't end up leaving until about 2:45, after I stopped feeling sick and had something to eat. I got back home about 7:00 PM.
Just a quick score for those of you playing at home.
Hours driven so far: 4
tasty holiday meals consumed: 0
What had happened was that my parents and brother, all of whom I had bought presents for (a first for me, with my own money), had left at 4:15, but I managed to arrive at 5:00 PM. I decided to continue on and see my grandmother, but she basically said she was very disappointed in me and that I had managed to ruin the day by not showing up. It doesn't matter that I finally have a full-time job (even if it should pay me better), or that I'm actually trying to put my life in order (ignore that I don't have anything really wrong in my life, I'm not abusing steroids or getting into barfights or writing really awful pop songs), but I did manage to ruin Christmas. So, I should have just turned around and left when I got the message that the rest of my family had started to drive home about 30 minutes before. I had gotten a phone call from my mom earlier, but as I was explaining where I was and how I was feeling, she decided to hang up on me. The call lasted 45 seconds. Yes, my mom hung up on me in the middle of saying I felt sick.
So, if they were getting there at 12:30, and they left at 4:15, that's 3.75 hours, which is about the same amount of time (less, even) as it takes to drive to Maryland. Go figure. I don't think anyone has work or school tomorrow (but I do), and now I have 3 presents that I have to mail to them... or something. Grumble.
I was a bit sad and disappointed, so I decided to give a few calls to people and at the very least, leave some holiday messages. I calledelvinnn, sleepymaggie, ktkid, padmaclynne to leave messages, and managed to talk to lalasinging in person. Overall, kinda disappointing to be alone and hungry after driving 4 hours and ending up back at home.
I was going to just stay at home and drink gin (Hey, gin smells like Christmas, doesn't it?) but instead I'm going back up to Jersey City where I can improve my food to travel ratio, as well as hang out with a family that isn't going to decide to leave because I'm a little late. OK, a lot late, but really, could they not have stayed overnight? I have to drive in the dark all the time to leave from their little events that they plan without my input. Sigh.
I do feel much better now, but I am about to go visit Michelle again and actually have something to eat. That should definitely improve my mood, although I do wish I had some more time to myself. If my job paid better and didn't eat 10.5 hours from my day, I might actually have that.
Also, leave comments!
Hi everyone, and Happy Hallowee'n, Joyous Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah. I haven't posted for a while, but I figure today is as good a day as any. Firstly, I'm not dead, which I do very much appreciate, believe me.
So, in the past almost-6 months, I've managed to graduate (although that happened before my last post), gotten a job, become slightly unhappy with job (due to apparent lack of an upgrade path), got engaged to
virginhuntress (can you believe it? :-), learned how to solve a Rubik's cube in under 7 minutes, and probably a whole host of things I can't quite think of right now.I come to you this day because so far, it has been moderately crappy, although the night before was great. I spent the day with Michelle and her family, with the plan to drive to my grandmother's house for dinner with the rest of my family. I can't remember everything, I had some drinks, and some coffee, and talked a bunch with her Mom and Dad, managed to go to midnight Mass with Michelle and her brother (which was pretty much exactly how I imagined it would be), slept over, and ... woke up feeling pretty good but quickly started feeling ill. This is probably due slightly to the drinks and coffee earlier, but most likely caused by getting 4 or so hours of sleep every night for the past 4 days. I was supposed to leave at 10:30 to arrive at my grandmother's house at 12:00 to 12:30, but didn't end up leaving until about 2:45, after I stopped feeling sick and had something to eat. I got back home about 7:00 PM.
Just a quick score for those of you playing at home.
Hours driven so far: 4
tasty holiday meals consumed: 0
What had happened was that my parents and brother, all of whom I had bought presents for (a first for me, with my own money), had left at 4:15, but I managed to arrive at 5:00 PM. I decided to continue on and see my grandmother, but she basically said she was very disappointed in me and that I had managed to ruin the day by not showing up. It doesn't matter that I finally have a full-time job (even if it should pay me better), or that I'm actually trying to put my life in order (ignore that I don't have anything really wrong in my life, I'm not abusing steroids or getting into barfights or writing really awful pop songs), but I did manage to ruin Christmas. So, I should have just turned around and left when I got the message that the rest of my family had started to drive home about 30 minutes before. I had gotten a phone call from my mom earlier, but as I was explaining where I was and how I was feeling, she decided to hang up on me. The call lasted 45 seconds. Yes, my mom hung up on me in the middle of saying I felt sick.
So, if they were getting there at 12:30, and they left at 4:15, that's 3.75 hours, which is about the same amount of time (less, even) as it takes to drive to Maryland. Go figure. I don't think anyone has work or school tomorrow (but I do), and now I have 3 presents that I have to mail to them... or something. Grumble.
I was a bit sad and disappointed, so I decided to give a few calls to people and at the very least, leave some holiday messages. I called
elvinnn, sleepymaggie, ktkid, padmaclynne to leave messages, and managed to talk to lalasinging in person. Overall, kinda disappointing to be alone and hungry after driving 4 hours and ending up back at home.I was going to just stay at home and drink gin (Hey, gin smells like Christmas, doesn't it?) but instead I'm going back up to Jersey City where I can improve my food to travel ratio, as well as hang out with a family that isn't going to decide to leave because I'm a little late. OK, a lot late, but really, could they not have stayed overnight? I have to drive in the dark all the time to leave from their little events that they plan without my input. Sigh.
I do feel much better now, but I am about to go visit Michelle again and actually have something to eat. That should definitely improve my mood, although I do wish I had some more time to myself. If my job paid better and didn't eat 10.5 hours from my day, I might actually have that.
Also, leave comments!
