Dec 26, 2001 23:32
involved disfunctional family stuff as usual.
My dad called my mother and I bitches for not having the turkey done when he wanted to eat it, which made my brother Ron (who is like the most gentle person on the face of the earth usually) yell at him, and my brother Joe (who had been taking a nap) leave. Sort of the "sucky relative causes holiday problem" chain reaction. Those of you from dysfunctional families who recognize this holiday pattern, raise your hand.
And damnit, Joe even got me a decent present this year. I was pretty happy with his existance- we've worked out a lot of the problems we used to have with each other when he was rich married and unhappy and I was poor and happy and he resented it.
Heh.. so it goes.
We did, however, have a lot of good food. Which is the point of most holidays, I think. Good food and presents.
After Joe left, Ron went outside to smoke a cigarette and I went out to talk to him about why Dad was such an asshole and why Joe left. Ron meantioned that despite dad having mental issues and such, that we didn't know how many Christmases we'd have left with dad. I kind of felt the same way, but I still got upset that he called my mother a bitch. I can understand why he doesn't like me, but my mom is always there for him, despite how nasty he's been at times.
Today he seemed a lot better. He doesn't really like Christmas for some reason, I don't know why. He's always been more mentally unstable around the holidays.
Presents I got are a more cheerful subject:
Mystery machine candy holder/bank from Aus
Scooby Doo Dvd
Lime Green N64
A grand total of 140 bucks cash (some of which was shared Aus cash, hehe- thanks to Kara, Krista, Aus's Grandma)
A slinky
Puzzle book
Sewing kit
Angel statue
Pin
Snowman candle thingus
50 buck gift certificate to Wal-Mart (shared with Aus =) )
A peach warm blankey
A Weird NJ magazine
Cordial Cherries
Assortated chocolates
A humidifier
A book
A LoTR goblet
A sulsa dagger
I think that's everything.
Today, we got some after Christmas sale stuffs, a second controler for the N64, and Pokemon Stadium .
christmas,
crappy fucking life,
holidays,
drama