Holiday update and whatnot!
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A lil late, I know, but... poor people the ones affected by the tsunami. Sometimes Mother Nature just goes crazy eh? Must be menopause. You should donate. Come on guys! 10, 20, 25 bucks won't affect your pockets!! It feels good donating, trust me!!
SO the holidays for me were awesome. The best in my whole life, I must say. I had to work on Christmas Eve for a few hours, but it was okies, then we headed to Vann's friend's house. OMG! The best family ever! They are like the perfect american family. Everybody was so nice.I was nervous about going there, ok, I get nervous about everything, so?
We got there and I met everyone, cousins, parents, aunts, uncles, eeeeeevryone! And everyone was so nice! There was even some peeps who spoke spanish, (Nathan, Alicia, Ryan, etc etc) yay! I didn't feel THAT lonely =P Then we had dinner, but first we prayed. Ryan is a pastor, so he did. I've never ever prayed before before having Xmas dinner, but I didn't feel uncomfy or anything, actually I felt good and comfy doing it. The dinner was sooooo good, typical american dinner (based on what I saw on TV before =P).
After that we just went to the living room and chatted about stuff. I was on the couch with Vann, barefoot, all warm, his leg on my leg, him poking my tummy, yada yada, I felt oh so comfy. I swear that family makes you feel like home. I didn't miss my family at all! As mean as it sounds. But I don't care.
The youngest daughter (I forgot her name), was so impatient about opening the presents that everybody agreed to open them. So we all gathered in the living room. I wasn't really expecting ANYTHING, anything at all, but I did receive pressies, yay!!! I got a Bath and Body body lotion from the youngest daughter and some candy from Anthon and Nicole. I was pleased with the presents they gave me, but then the mom (which I don't remember her name either) gave me some more presents!! I got some butterfly cookies and a candle set! It seemed they already knew me, because they gave me stuff I actually like! I felt so good. Vann got an awesome knife, you know, the boy scout-ish type =P, a book about UFOs (he loves that topic) signed by the author and I don't remember what else. I was so happy, I was like a lil kid! Everybody was so happy with their presents.
So we got done with the presents and everybody went I don't know where, so I just stayed in the living room, just staring at the space =P I was just thinking about how lucky I am and how nice that family was to me. Then all of a sudden, uncle Geno passes by, stares at me and says "I think someone needs a hug!" and he hugged me so tight! He was right, I really needed a hug! That made me cry, but happy tears, I never thought a "stranger would hug me like that. I love that guy.
We went to church at midnight. It was different for me because masses are not the same in Mexico, many things are similar, but it's just not the same. I felt....awkward and weird at first. I couldn't stop talking and asking Vann about the mass, I just can't stay quiet! Vann says some people were staring at us and giving us a weird look, but I didn't even notice haha. At some point of the mass I got so emotional and I started crying =P Just because I was happy to be there at that very moment, with that person who was by my side. Ok, the mass was done and we headed back to the Hero's house.
Oh surprise, the door was locked and it was soooo cold outside, great! Nathan went... I don't know where while Vann, Anthon and me waited outside the house. 10 mins later we were inside the house. Anthon went to bed right away and I stayed in the living room with Nathan and Vann. Nathatn plays the guitar, flamenco, because he liven in Spain for 6 months I think, and he is awesome at it. After a while everybody went to bed, except Vann, he sat at the table and started reading his book. He just couldn't wait! He loves reading plus he lovesreading about UFOs, so you get the picture. I went to bed and told him to wake me up in the morning. I couldn't breathe well cuz my nose was stuffed, ugh, but I was so tired I just passed out.
Vann woke me up in the moring. "Come on! Everybody is waiting for us already!" Ok, ok, I woke up and went upstairs (cuz I slept in a room in the basement). Yeah, everybody was already up and gathered in the living room. Santa came that night, and to my surpise "he" brought me presents too!! My stocking was full of lil goodies, awww!! (Oh, because the family gave me and Vann one stocking for each) I wasn't expecting anything else! The mom also gave me an extra pressie, it was some greeting cards with awesome pictures of flowers that she took. I sweare those are beautiful. Vann got goodies too (of course, he's like the "extra" son). He got some bed sheets and a full cooking set which is aaaaaaaawesome! Of course, I'm the one who's gonna use it (and I already have) because I'm the one who cooks here. I'm sure he got more things, but I don't remember.
Anywho, we had breakfast and we didn't even shower, yuck! We had to leave, so we hugged everybody and I thanked them for being so nice to me. I told the mom that they made me not miss home at all and she said I was more than welcome anytime cuz I was already part of their family, awwww!!! Yeah, I almost cried.
Ok, so we left and headed back home to take a shower and get ready to go to Vann's parent's. We got there and guess wha? Mooooore present, yay! I got a pair of blue and sooooooo soft slippers and a set hairbrush set, again, I loooved them! We also got cookies, homemade ones (which are uber yummy). Vann got a whole bunch of pressies too, of course, it's his family, how can he not? =P
We didn't stay long because Vann's allergies kill him in that house, I dunno why. Maybe because of the cat and the smoke of the cigarrettes. We also had to go to the mexicans' house. So we just had lunch there. I don't know who cooked, but everything was sooooo yummy too. We didn't have much tho. We left and headed to the mexicans'. At first it was ok, but a big part of them were already drunk. They kept asking stupid things, like a million times, I wasn't comfortable there. Also, many of them were giving me that "I'm horny" look, it made me feel so uncomfortable, so I just decided to call my family in Mexico to kill some time while we were there. Vann gave me a calling card which had no more credit in it, so one of the drunk guys offered me his. Ok, I took it, he was drunk, I didn't care =P I called my family, I spoke to eeeeeevrybody :D I spent at least a good 30 mins on the phone, yay! I thanked the guy who offered me the calling card and went downstairs with Vann. He was playing pool. At that point I just wanted to leave, all those guys were nasty (I mean, they are not always like that, but they were drunk and they haven't had sex in a whiiile, pluuuus, I was the only girl in that house!!!), so I told him, in english (oh, because I always speak to Vann in english when we're around the mexicans, because they don't know english) that I wanted to talk to him, and I did. I said I wasn't comfy at all, so he was nice and agreed to leave. Yay!
That was Christmas Eve and Christmas. For New Year's eve we went to Cruzin, a bar in Hayward. It wasn't that exciting but I had fun =P We were there, just chillin with some of his friends, we drank champagne and Vann got drunk. Hahaha, I love it when he gets drunk, he's SO friggin cute!!! I danced with a huuuuuge black guy and everybody was just making fun of me afterwards, bah! I don't care =P I barely dance, and when I do it's with a huggge black guy? oh boy! I also danced some slow songs with Vann, and he kept grabbing my butt, that lil bastard! =P I had to drive home, obviously. We stopped at WalMart cuz we were hungry. We were the only ones there, except for the employees. Of course! Who wants to be at WalMart the very first day of the year at like 3-4 am? US! We finally got home.
Ok, so those were my holidays. I had soooo much fun, like never before. These were the best holidays of my life! :D
In other news, now I sleep with Vann because of a WEIRD and SCARY thing that happened to me. I won't post it here because NONE of you would believe me, don't even ask, I won't tell, but it was true, I swear. I can't sleep alone in my room anymore.
Ohhhh, I also started going to the gym!! Yay, finally! It wasn't as bad as I pictured it, in fact, I like going. I get suuuuuper sore and shit, but it's worth it. No pain, no gain, right? The bad part is we don't always wake up in the mornings, so we end up going like twice a week. LAzy asses we are, yeah.
So I hit Vann on the balls today. I made a "catapult" with a head band and threw a thiiick piece of paper at his package. Trust me, it might be paper, but when you use a head band to throw it... it really hurts. I was just getting back at him cuz he gave me a hickey on my neck. SO he's reallllly mad at me, he said he'd leave me alone in the house tonight (refer back to the scary thing, I can't sleep alone, remember?) (I take he's punishing me?), so I guess I'll have to stay up all night, here in the living room with the dog :( *sigh*
Ohhhhhh, today mom sent me $150 as "Dia de Reyes". "Los Reyes" (The Kings) are like Santa Claus in Mexico (Jan 6). Awww, how nice is she? :D
Ok, enuff. If you read up to this point, send me your mailing address, you deserve a prize. Ok, not really. If it messes up your friends page, suck it up! I won't place my stuff behind a cut :D It's MY journal! :D
Ok, be good kids!
PS: Typos? I won't correct them, I'm lazy.
I'm sorry Vannitooooooo!!!
Edit: Vann just told me the names I forgot. Kelsey was the youngest daughter and Donna was the mom.