Christmas/ New Years etc.
Let's begin where I left off last time:
December 29th & Cowboy drama: Actually, I have very little drama to report. I lowered my hopes and went to meet him for tea. I put on my normal makeup and the stayed in the same clothes that I wore earlier on - nothing special this time buddy. I get there and he's brought his laptop, he said he hoped to get some work done. Riight ... you want to meet me for tea and yet you bring work to do. Nice. Thank goodness he put it away, and only brought it out again to show me some skiing pics.
As usual, the conversation was 90% him and 10% me. This time I didn't actually care, I suppose because I expected it. The only time I felt a spark was when I leaned in to get a better look at a picture - but what a spark it was! The rest of the time was pretty blah, and I think I'm okay with that. I asked what he was doing for New Years, and he told me he'd be coaching 'til late and would be too tired to do anything. I said that I was surprised that he wasn't going to the Niagara Falls Great Big Sea concert and that I was so excited and left it at that. See? Very little drama.
December 30th & The Dunmall/Tibbs Christmas Exchange: Friday we planned on going over to my sister's house to finish the Christmas exchange. I woke up feeling very tired, rather ill and extremely grumpy. Both parental units were driving me nuts and even the tiniest little thing would set me off. Just before we left my mother said something about my shirt being low cut and I shot her a dirty look which she must have interpreted as "You are a horrible mother and a despicable human being who eats children and votes for stephen Harper" because she got very angry and refused to talk to me until tonight, (and that's a story in itself which I will expand on later). Anyways, the actual Christmas was nice, I think everyone had fun. Halfway through the present opening my grumpiness dissipated and I was able to enjoy myself. I was entirely spoiled this Christmas and received so many amazing things including: an MP3 player , a black peacoat, matching hat/glove/scarf set, The All New, All Purpose Joy of Cooking, a digital kitchen weigh scale, a book on dealing with stress, various moisturizers, a Great Big Sea hat, a floating candle, some lip glosses and a partridge in a pear tree! I feel so lucky and loved!
That night I stayed at my sister's place and we rented "The Forty Year Old Virgin: Unrated". Damn funny movie, although very racy, graphic and crude. Watched some Startrek too and then went to bed.
December 31st & New Year's @ Niagra Falls: ST, JD, their friend Mark, JD's parents, my Dad and I all went down to Niagra Falls for New Years. Mark drove us in his van through some very crappy weather. We got there around 5pm and parked near the Casino and the concert location which was a stone's throw from the falls. We ate at TGI Fridays - WAY overpriced and only half decent food (13$ for a satisfactory burger). We got to the concert area around 7:30 and the place wasn't too full ... by the end there would be close to 30,000 people though! Jonesy opened, they're a great local band that played mostly covers. Next up was Spirit of the West. I've never been able to see them live so this was a real treat. I had no idea that they were older gentlemen, but you'd never know it by their energy level or their lyrics! The lead singer and drummer were particularly awesome. Last but NOT least, my fav band of all time ... Great Big Sea. The B'y's put on an awesome show ... and we were so close to them. They played a great mix of old and new tunes and bantered away during commercial breaks which made for a phenomenal show. Squee! You can see the pics that I took on my MSN space. Some great ones if I do say so myself!
After the concert we all got seperated. Mark and I went to see the Falls which were breathtaking as usual, while the others went to find washrooms and then were supposed to come join us. The last part never happened. Thankfully we had already agreed on a meeting place in case of such an event and we all got back together in due time. Mark drove us all home and I thankfully fell exhausted into bed at 3am.
January 1st: Slept in until 2pm ... hee and fooled around with my new toys for most of the day. Made some awesome ribs for dinner. My Mom finally asked me why I got so upset with her about the 'low-cut' issue. I told it was because of the way she said it. She then proceeded to tell me that I was dressing like a hooker and that I didn't need that kind of attention. In fact, she doesn't know why I need attention at all ... afterall she gave me lots of attention when I was a baby. She can't understand why I write such feminist essays and then turn around and wear low cut shirts etc. etc. etc. Riiiiiight. At this point I stopped her and asked her how long she was going to continue and she just stared at me. I continued with something to the effect of "You know ... how long are you going to keep insulting me? ... Are you almost done? ... What? I'm just curious." Hee. That pissed her off even more and she told me that next time I came home I'd be better off going to my sisters. She does have a point and I'd be happy to, but its not that simple. *Sigh* we'll see what happens.
And I'm spent! I think that's it for now. Tomorrow my sister is taking me shopping and hopefully I'll be able to sleep over at her place and get away from my mother! Yeah!
Happy New Year everyone!