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It's been a while since I have done a good update. I guess I will start with Christmas. Chris and I had to exchange presents on Monday night because we would be working til after midnight on Tuesday, we would be driving to Chattanooga early Wednesday morning, then driving straight to my parents house on Christmas morning for the rest of the day. Anyway, that was the only time we had to exchange/enjoy our presents was Monday night. SOOOOOO I gave Chris the blu ray player!!, and he was so super excited. It was so so so awesome to have such a sweet and awesome exchange of gifts. I know Christmas isn't supposed to be all about presents, but I was able to easily save up the money and give something to Chris that he couldn't afford to get himself but wanted more than anything. Honestly, it is really a gift for both of us. The picture on these things looks fucking INSANE!!!! We watched iron man last night, and I was super into it because of how great and high-def it looked. I have never even really been into stuff like that before, but I guess Chris just rubbed off on me and now I am a movie geek. So I was able to surprise Chris and that made me the happiest I could have possibly been on Christmas.
We went to Chattanooga, and honestly I was a little scared to be spending Christmas with Chris' family. It's been a while since I have spent Christmas with anyone other than just my family, and I have never woken up somewhere else other than my room at my parents' house, but it was all really nice, and was given a lot of really thoughtful things. Chris' sister made me an owl necklace, and I thought that was so sweet and cool. It is so great to be a part of a new family that really seems to want to get to know me and welcome me in. They might be a little weird in ways, but what family isn't? We ended up getting up super early and high tailing it over to my parents' house where I had to deal with the most awkward Christmas ever in my family. My dead beat uncle who never comes to any family activity kept sneaking out to his truck to get drunk, then came back in to meet up with his two daughters who also never ever come to anything so no one really knows them. They brought their new husbands to be that no one knows at all, and one of them has two kids from someone else who came caused some serious havoc in my parents house and my mother's nerves. It was all just really forced and weird, and it bummed me out that Christmas isn't like it used to be with my family. I miss going to my grandmother's house and having just the close members who actually know one another hanging out all afternoon. But I guess everything has to change, and maybe next year we can do something different because no one was really pleased with how that mess turned out. BUT after everyone FINALLY left my parents' house, my mom and dad and me and Chris all exchanged presents. That was pretty awesome. As usual, my mom did way too much, but it was all appreciated. My only real regret was that I didn't get to see Abbie open her presents at my parents' house. She is just so cute, and I want to make sure I am there to see all the cool first things in her life. So long story short, Christmas went really really well, and I am very grateful and thankful for the people in my life that love me and that I love.
I am still working for Michele, and that is going pretty good. I am also still working at the Belcourt, and I am about ready to kill myself because of that. The Belcourt is such a mess and everyone who works there pretty much doesn't care anymore. It just sucks, and I cannot afford to put up with it for minimum wage. I am hoping 2009 will bring me closer to finding a good part time job, and Chris closer to selling We Fun. But I am very grateful for my job with Michele. I still cannot believe I got the job. So all in all, things could be worse. I have a pretty quiet life now, and I love it.
I don't ever go out and do anything anymore, but honestly I really don't want to ever do anything. I work most days, and after that all I want to do is come home and hang out with Chris. There just aren't any good shows ever in Nashville, much less anything else to go do. I don't like to go to parties now that I have a bf, and I can't afford to go to the bar all night. The last thing I did outside of the Belcourt was go to Elise's bike shop opening. That was fun and really cool. Congrats again, Elise! I am really proud of you! Anyway, I guess I am just getting old or something. But this is the happiest I have been in a long time, and I sure hope the good times do not stop. I just cannot think of a better time than hanging out with Chris watching a good movie and smoking a good bowl. 2009 is going to be bomb ass, I just know it.
now I need to go so I can start to waste some of these gift cards that are just burning a hole in my pocket. Go Christmas spirit!!!
We went to Chattanooga, and honestly I was a little scared to be spending Christmas with Chris' family. It's been a while since I have spent Christmas with anyone other than just my family, and I have never woken up somewhere else other than my room at my parents' house, but it was all really nice, and was given a lot of really thoughtful things. Chris' sister made me an owl necklace, and I thought that was so sweet and cool. It is so great to be a part of a new family that really seems to want to get to know me and welcome me in. They might be a little weird in ways, but what family isn't? We ended up getting up super early and high tailing it over to my parents' house where I had to deal with the most awkward Christmas ever in my family. My dead beat uncle who never comes to any family activity kept sneaking out to his truck to get drunk, then came back in to meet up with his two daughters who also never ever come to anything so no one really knows them. They brought their new husbands to be that no one knows at all, and one of them has two kids from someone else who came caused some serious havoc in my parents house and my mother's nerves. It was all just really forced and weird, and it bummed me out that Christmas isn't like it used to be with my family. I miss going to my grandmother's house and having just the close members who actually know one another hanging out all afternoon. But I guess everything has to change, and maybe next year we can do something different because no one was really pleased with how that mess turned out. BUT after everyone FINALLY left my parents' house, my mom and dad and me and Chris all exchanged presents. That was pretty awesome. As usual, my mom did way too much, but it was all appreciated. My only real regret was that I didn't get to see Abbie open her presents at my parents' house. She is just so cute, and I want to make sure I am there to see all the cool first things in her life. So long story short, Christmas went really really well, and I am very grateful and thankful for the people in my life that love me and that I love.
I am still working for Michele, and that is going pretty good. I am also still working at the Belcourt, and I am about ready to kill myself because of that. The Belcourt is such a mess and everyone who works there pretty much doesn't care anymore. It just sucks, and I cannot afford to put up with it for minimum wage. I am hoping 2009 will bring me closer to finding a good part time job, and Chris closer to selling We Fun. But I am very grateful for my job with Michele. I still cannot believe I got the job. So all in all, things could be worse. I have a pretty quiet life now, and I love it.
I don't ever go out and do anything anymore, but honestly I really don't want to ever do anything. I work most days, and after that all I want to do is come home and hang out with Chris. There just aren't any good shows ever in Nashville, much less anything else to go do. I don't like to go to parties now that I have a bf, and I can't afford to go to the bar all night. The last thing I did outside of the Belcourt was go to Elise's bike shop opening. That was fun and really cool. Congrats again, Elise! I am really proud of you! Anyway, I guess I am just getting old or something. But this is the happiest I have been in a long time, and I sure hope the good times do not stop. I just cannot think of a better time than hanging out with Chris watching a good movie and smoking a good bowl. 2009 is going to be bomb ass, I just know it.
now I need to go so I can start to waste some of these gift cards that are just burning a hole in my pocket. Go Christmas spirit!!!