Happy Christmas!
This was probably my favorite Christmas Eve ever. In recent memory at least.
The party we do every year was big and fun and I got to see the Best Friend and her family. Basically got to see all of my "Other Families." The Best Friend's little sister called me her "other older sister", which was fun. There was good food and good friends and good conversation all around.
Afterward we went to my other family's (my real other family, as in, the dad would walk me down the aisle if my dad couldn't) party. Just me and my dad went, but it was still lovely. Saw a lot of the same people who had been at our party, plus a few extras. And there were more young'uns at this one. Including this family...Oh goodness. A very cool, very pretty mom, plus three absolutely gorgeous boys. The eldest is basically the fantasy of every girl who's known him. The middle is scary badass sniper in the British Army but completely adorable and funny. The youngest was my best friend in preschool and has grown up to be *fiiiiiiiiiiine*. But again, it's the eldest who's everyone's fantasy, me included, and we got flirty over the summer and flirty again.
Plus, it was nice to be with people who I could hug or lean on or anything. I missed human contact in Africa.
After that party it was church, which I haven't been to in literally years, because Mom was involved in the service. It was short and I drew baseball diamonds on my church bulletin like I used to do when I was a little kid. Pretty good.
Came home, opened the standard pajamas that we get on Christmas Eve (mine are cute and warm and fuzzy) and now bed. Haven't wrapped anything (everything's going in bags though, so it's no big). Will wake up early to finish everything, and Christmas will be a lazy pajama day.
Everything is icing over. I think my driveway is trying to kill me.
ETA: PS- All I want for Christmas is more Space Epic. Hint hint. :D
The party we do every year was big and fun and I got to see the Best Friend and her family. Basically got to see all of my "Other Families." The Best Friend's little sister called me her "other older sister", which was fun. There was good food and good friends and good conversation all around.
Afterward we went to my other family's (my real other family, as in, the dad would walk me down the aisle if my dad couldn't) party. Just me and my dad went, but it was still lovely. Saw a lot of the same people who had been at our party, plus a few extras. And there were more young'uns at this one. Including this family...Oh goodness. A very cool, very pretty mom, plus three absolutely gorgeous boys. The eldest is basically the fantasy of every girl who's known him. The middle is scary badass sniper in the British Army but completely adorable and funny. The youngest was my best friend in preschool and has grown up to be *fiiiiiiiiiiine*. But again, it's the eldest who's everyone's fantasy, me included, and we got flirty over the summer and flirty again.
Plus, it was nice to be with people who I could hug or lean on or anything. I missed human contact in Africa.
After that party it was church, which I haven't been to in literally years, because Mom was involved in the service. It was short and I drew baseball diamonds on my church bulletin like I used to do when I was a little kid. Pretty good.
Came home, opened the standard pajamas that we get on Christmas Eve (mine are cute and warm and fuzzy) and now bed. Haven't wrapped anything (everything's going in bags though, so it's no big). Will wake up early to finish everything, and Christmas will be a lazy pajama day.
Everything is icing over. I think my driveway is trying to kill me.
ETA: PS- All I want for Christmas is more Space Epic. Hint hint. :D