HOLY JESUS ON A POGO STICK WERING FISHNETS AND COCOA CHANEL IN MY BED IN MY PANTS!!
holy shit.......ok, let me back up. so US Air was having this huge fuck-up with people's luggage and shit, so when my sister came into town, she obviously didn't have her luggage, but yesterday was two days before she leaves (which is tomorrow, for those of you who can't add) and she still didn't have her luggage. so she and my dad went down to the airport to try and see if it came in yet(which is highly unusual, since most lost luggage is delivered within 24 hours (her flight was on Christmas Day, for those of you who still can't add)). so by a stroke of luck, they were able to find it, and we were able to do our official day of exchanging gifts today. i gave my mom some very nice scented candles from bath and body works, my dad two pairs of sweatpants, cause he only had one pair left without holes, and my sister a $20 gift card to Icing. now for what i got. from each of my grandparents: a check for $50 ($100 total(god, can't you people add?!?)); from my sister: a nice book and the special edition of Top Gun DVD; and from my parents, a brand new, latest and greatest, series 4, 20 gig iPod. now, correct me if i'm wrong, but everyone seems to be getting iPods this holiday season(teia, zoe, me,...and anyone else i forgot). but the screwed up thing is, after i set it up to charge, and when the display showed that it was fully charged, i wanted to start putting stuff on it. my dad, being the stickler about not spending any extraneous money, insisted that i still leave it plugged in so it doesn't develop a memory, so he doesn't have to potentially send it in to replace the battery. now, i know about doing that, which is why i made sure that i left it alone until it was fully charged and on my first using of it i will run it until it shuts off from lack of power, because you do that with any rechargable battery. but still, you can't argue with the mechanics of it. i mean, the display is set so that it shows exactly what's going on, if the display shows that the thing is fully charged, unless there is some huge defect, chances are that it is fully charged. yea.....in other news, my mom's gift to my dad was a very nice pocket watch. there is a story behind this, however. years ago, when my dad got married to my mom, my gradfather gave to my dad his pocketwatch. now this was no ordinary pocket watch. this watch belonged to my grandfather's grandfather, and was one of the few things to survive World War 2, since my dad's parents were born in Amsterdam, and were jewish, and hitler's armies confiscated any property belonging to jews who were sent to concentration camps. now, obviously, my grandparents were able to escape from europe before their families were sent to the camps, otherwise i wouldn't be here. the point is, only that watch, a painting, a pair of vases (now one, since the other broke), my gradmother's mother's ring, a set of silverware, and a photograph of each of my grandparent's parents are all that survived the war, having been hidden away. now this watch, having been presented to my father, was enshrined on an expensive, custom-made plaque, with eight small bronze plates near the bottom, four having the names of the owners, up to my dad, and four blank ones for the future recipients. now when my parents were living in cleaveland, their house was broken into and the watch was stolen, but they left the plaque, imagine the pain that caused, and still does. so basically, this is another attempt at passing on a family heirloom for another four generations. how sad (survival of artifacts/ history of watch only to be stolen) and awesome (potential of becoming multi-generational family heirloom) is that?