Didn't feel like Christmas
But it was a good day. We drove down to the desert to stay with Mom and McGee and visit my brother. Unfortunately the Michigan relatives (Aunt, Uncle and Cousins) won't be able to make it out this year, so it's going to be small.
The drive was pretty chill, though it was long. Tai was fabulous. He played with a couple of his new dinosaurs, he played with his robot, he took off his shoes and socks and threw them into the front. The best time sink, though, was a game I found at GameStop for the NintendoDS - it's a dog game where you can pet them and throw balls and stuff. I brought it out near the end of the ride, when it was getting dark and he was bored. He loved throwing the ball for the dogs. He laughed and laughed. (Unfortunately then he threw the little stylus that goes with the DS and was pissed that we couldn't find it.) But he was fabulous for an 8 hour ride where we only stopped for lunch.
When I arrived, as things wound down and we finished dinner and putting Tai to bed, and making fudge (yum!) I got online for the first time today. yuletide stories have been posted so I read my gift - it's a Tombstone fic (Wyatt/Doc slash) and it was everything I could have dreamed of. Angsty (but not too much), H/C (again, not too much) and in character for both Doc and Wyatt. I am quite the happy fangirl. I also got a comment from the person I wrote for (though they don't know it was me, yet) and they loved the story I wrote, which also makes me a happy fangirl. Good fan-times all around.
I am feeling better (still stuffy head, but no more fever) - which is good. I don't want to be too sick over the holidays! Tai gagged up his dinner (I love him, but he's got the world's most sensitive gag reflex) and that freaked me out a bit. Tom keeps telling me it was just gagging, not stomach flu. I'm mostly keeping my cool.
I'm just grateful that we're all here together, we're all (mostly) healthy, and things are chill. Even if it feels both like Christmas already happened (because it did for Tai) and that it hasn't happened yet (because Christmas with my mom hasn't happened yet.)
Merry merry, to everyone who celebrates - and I hope your day was merry, even if you don't celebrate.
The drive was pretty chill, though it was long. Tai was fabulous. He played with a couple of his new dinosaurs, he played with his robot, he took off his shoes and socks and threw them into the front. The best time sink, though, was a game I found at GameStop for the NintendoDS - it's a dog game where you can pet them and throw balls and stuff. I brought it out near the end of the ride, when it was getting dark and he was bored. He loved throwing the ball for the dogs. He laughed and laughed. (Unfortunately then he threw the little stylus that goes with the DS and was pissed that we couldn't find it.) But he was fabulous for an 8 hour ride where we only stopped for lunch.
When I arrived, as things wound down and we finished dinner and putting Tai to bed, and making fudge (yum!) I got online for the first time today. yuletide stories have been posted so I read my gift - it's a Tombstone fic (Wyatt/Doc slash) and it was everything I could have dreamed of. Angsty (but not too much), H/C (again, not too much) and in character for both Doc and Wyatt. I am quite the happy fangirl. I also got a comment from the person I wrote for (though they don't know it was me, yet) and they loved the story I wrote, which also makes me a happy fangirl. Good fan-times all around.
I am feeling better (still stuffy head, but no more fever) - which is good. I don't want to be too sick over the holidays! Tai gagged up his dinner (I love him, but he's got the world's most sensitive gag reflex) and that freaked me out a bit. Tom keeps telling me it was just gagging, not stomach flu. I'm mostly keeping my cool.
I'm just grateful that we're all here together, we're all (mostly) healthy, and things are chill. Even if it feels both like Christmas already happened (because it did for Tai) and that it hasn't happened yet (because Christmas with my mom hasn't happened yet.)
Merry merry, to everyone who celebrates - and I hope your day was merry, even if you don't celebrate.