Now that that's over...
And so the holidays have begun to wind down. I, for one, could not be happier for it. As much as I enjoy spending time with family I find more and more that a few select times a year is plenty. I in no way envy my mother, whose mother lives with her. She has to see one of her parents every day. I couldn't take that.
My family isn't the close kind. We get together for a few holidays and birthdays and have occasional phone conversations to catch up on things, but even those tend to be brief. I don't mind this in the least. To tell you the truth I'm not 100% certain why I loathe spending a lot of time with my family. Perhaps it's because it never fails to remind me that I am not that unique being I prefer to think of myself as, that many of my traits and quirks came from someone before me. Perhaps it's because I don't like the criticism and life advice that always seems to come hand in hand with family gatherings. Or maybe it's because I have such a divided family where I have to go to several different events at each holiday where some lucky individuals can get it over with in a couple easily timed visits. At any rate, I do enjoy my time away from them and when I do go to see them I routinely find that it wasn't nearly as painful as I go in expecting it to be.
I do hope that everyone had a happy holiday and got everything out of it that they wanted. I'm very much looking forward to the night we all go out dancing. I've been itching to get out on the dance floor for some time and hope that as many people opt to join me as possible. All are welcome to attend, though I do not yet know where I will be going. All I care about is that there is a sizeable dance floor and ample alcohol for I plan on occupying said floor all night unless I have a drink in hand.
As far as New Years Eve goes, there is a party at my place. Bring booze and your sexy selves and we will get our drink on and enjoy the countdown. If you plan to attend, let me or Jen know so we know how many people to expect. Though I don't anticipate it will be all that crowded, not like back in the day. And for those of you who want to bring friends outside of the regular group, that's fine, but I reserve the rite to boot anyone making my New Years even somewhat unpleasant... you've been warned... not that such has tended to happen in the past, but I intend to enjoy each and every day I have back here before returning to the oilfield on the 3rd.
Happy Ho-Ho everyone.
~Christmas Caern
My family isn't the close kind. We get together for a few holidays and birthdays and have occasional phone conversations to catch up on things, but even those tend to be brief. I don't mind this in the least. To tell you the truth I'm not 100% certain why I loathe spending a lot of time with my family. Perhaps it's because it never fails to remind me that I am not that unique being I prefer to think of myself as, that many of my traits and quirks came from someone before me. Perhaps it's because I don't like the criticism and life advice that always seems to come hand in hand with family gatherings. Or maybe it's because I have such a divided family where I have to go to several different events at each holiday where some lucky individuals can get it over with in a couple easily timed visits. At any rate, I do enjoy my time away from them and when I do go to see them I routinely find that it wasn't nearly as painful as I go in expecting it to be.
I do hope that everyone had a happy holiday and got everything out of it that they wanted. I'm very much looking forward to the night we all go out dancing. I've been itching to get out on the dance floor for some time and hope that as many people opt to join me as possible. All are welcome to attend, though I do not yet know where I will be going. All I care about is that there is a sizeable dance floor and ample alcohol for I plan on occupying said floor all night unless I have a drink in hand.
As far as New Years Eve goes, there is a party at my place. Bring booze and your sexy selves and we will get our drink on and enjoy the countdown. If you plan to attend, let me or Jen know so we know how many people to expect. Though I don't anticipate it will be all that crowded, not like back in the day. And for those of you who want to bring friends outside of the regular group, that's fine, but I reserve the rite to boot anyone making my New Years even somewhat unpleasant... you've been warned... not that such has tended to happen in the past, but I intend to enjoy each and every day I have back here before returning to the oilfield on the 3rd.
Happy Ho-Ho everyone.
~Christmas Caern