After-Christmas Euphoria
Well!
I had the best christmas ever!
I mean...I'm not sure why it was so good. I just... I've been a bit depressed lately for some reason and on christmas eve we went to church and for some reason felt even more depressed and I couldn't explain it to you.
I am the sort of person who refuses to admit they are depressed when they are depressed. Particularly if there appears to be no reason for the depression. I may be an artsy fartsy flowerdy fool on the outside but I honestly am an extremely methodical logical person. So my brain goes: If there's nothing wrong then I am not depressed! But then I will be depressed and the fact that logic doesn't work for me makes me more depressed. I will then lock myself in my room and claim I am doing something productive. Because for some reason that's what I do when I'm upset about anything: hide.
In any case, I was depressed for no good reason and then christmas morning I was sort of in a bad mood because they woke me up way too early and I had a crick in my neck but at some point I Really Really Got Over Myself.
I just had a really really fun day with my family and got some good gifts and generally had good times. I will not tell you about what I got because it seems to me that everyone on lj seems to be reporting what they got for christmas and I honestly could care less what they got for christmas. So, I figure you guys don't really care either. However, I have to report something my mother got me because it is strange.
I had a gift that was from Mom and Izzy. Izzy is, for those of you who don't know, my old demented dog. Here's the part where you laugh that I called my dog demented and I say "No really! She was diagnosed with dementia!" Which...isn't funny..but I keep seeming to have this conversation with people. ANYWAY! The gift was a fake dog that breathes. No. No. Not kidding. But, one of the first times a gift has left me at a loss for words.
Mom: Do you like it??
Me: uh..well..um..yeah..its...very...MOM WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?
Dad: you think its weird, right?
Me: Well..yes.
Dad: That's what I said you'd say. Mom was taken with it though.
Mom: isn't it ADORABLE???
I deeply love my mother, you guys. Even if she is one of the more bizzare people I've ever met.
My baby cousins(and by baby I mean 9 and 10 years old) got a Wii for christmas. What I have to say about that is: WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT WIIS WERE THE MOST FUN THINGS EVER?? Our entire family spent a good four hours screaming at the Wii playing tennis and stuff. I also have two bruises on my arm from playing Boxing in too close proximity to the other player. It was GREAT!
Also, my family played Pit which is an extremely silly card game that involves a lot of yelling. It's supposed to similate the stock market or something...which I can't exactly figure out how it does that. You're trying to trade and yell and negotiate and its always a good time. Does anyone else know about this game or is it just something in my family?? Anyway, I killed everyone. I mean..really killed them. My score was 350 and the 2nd place score was 90. If that tells you anything. Everyone says I may have a calling to be a stockbroker. Which NO. I'm just good at strategy I guess.
After that I went to go see the movie August Rush. So, if you like music at all and movies go see that movie!! It is the best movie I've seen all year and I can't recommend it highly enough!!
THEN I came back and downloaded the new doctor who episode which I thoroughly enjoyed and now it is no longer christmas. But, I am still a very happy panda. For no reason. Which is much more fun than being depressed for no reason.
I think I may just be a hormonal mess of emotions.
Speaking of which! My mother said something hysterical last night! "Santa" gave us all tabloid magazines in our stockings as per tradition and so many things were discussed yesterday including the fact that Angelina Jolie hates her natural child because it is blonde. Anyway it led to this discussion:
Mom: Oh oh! Guess what I read about John Edwards??
Me: What?
Mom: The tabloid said that John Edwards has a lover in North Carolina who is....who is... she...HAS A LOVEMUFFIN IN HER TUMMY AND SHE SAYS THAT HE IS THE FATHER!
Dad: psh tabloids blah blah blah
Me: LOVEMUFFIN IN THE TUMMY?? AHAHAHAHA
Mom and Dad continue to have normal conversation.
Me: MOTHER YOU ARE A SCULPTOR OF WORDS!
Anyways, see you wonderfuls around!
I had the best christmas ever!
I mean...I'm not sure why it was so good. I just... I've been a bit depressed lately for some reason and on christmas eve we went to church and for some reason felt even more depressed and I couldn't explain it to you.
I am the sort of person who refuses to admit they are depressed when they are depressed. Particularly if there appears to be no reason for the depression. I may be an artsy fartsy flowerdy fool on the outside but I honestly am an extremely methodical logical person. So my brain goes: If there's nothing wrong then I am not depressed! But then I will be depressed and the fact that logic doesn't work for me makes me more depressed. I will then lock myself in my room and claim I am doing something productive. Because for some reason that's what I do when I'm upset about anything: hide.
In any case, I was depressed for no good reason and then christmas morning I was sort of in a bad mood because they woke me up way too early and I had a crick in my neck but at some point I Really Really Got Over Myself.
I just had a really really fun day with my family and got some good gifts and generally had good times. I will not tell you about what I got because it seems to me that everyone on lj seems to be reporting what they got for christmas and I honestly could care less what they got for christmas. So, I figure you guys don't really care either. However, I have to report something my mother got me because it is strange.
I had a gift that was from Mom and Izzy. Izzy is, for those of you who don't know, my old demented dog. Here's the part where you laugh that I called my dog demented and I say "No really! She was diagnosed with dementia!" Which...isn't funny..but I keep seeming to have this conversation with people. ANYWAY! The gift was a fake dog that breathes. No. No. Not kidding. But, one of the first times a gift has left me at a loss for words.
Mom: Do you like it??
Me: uh..well..um..yeah..its...very...MOM WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?
Dad: you think its weird, right?
Me: Well..yes.
Dad: That's what I said you'd say. Mom was taken with it though.
Mom: isn't it ADORABLE???
I deeply love my mother, you guys. Even if she is one of the more bizzare people I've ever met.
My baby cousins(and by baby I mean 9 and 10 years old) got a Wii for christmas. What I have to say about that is: WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT WIIS WERE THE MOST FUN THINGS EVER?? Our entire family spent a good four hours screaming at the Wii playing tennis and stuff. I also have two bruises on my arm from playing Boxing in too close proximity to the other player. It was GREAT!
Also, my family played Pit which is an extremely silly card game that involves a lot of yelling. It's supposed to similate the stock market or something...which I can't exactly figure out how it does that. You're trying to trade and yell and negotiate and its always a good time. Does anyone else know about this game or is it just something in my family?? Anyway, I killed everyone. I mean..really killed them. My score was 350 and the 2nd place score was 90. If that tells you anything. Everyone says I may have a calling to be a stockbroker. Which NO. I'm just good at strategy I guess.
After that I went to go see the movie August Rush. So, if you like music at all and movies go see that movie!! It is the best movie I've seen all year and I can't recommend it highly enough!!
THEN I came back and downloaded the new doctor who episode which I thoroughly enjoyed and now it is no longer christmas. But, I am still a very happy panda. For no reason. Which is much more fun than being depressed for no reason.
I think I may just be a hormonal mess of emotions.
Speaking of which! My mother said something hysterical last night! "Santa" gave us all tabloid magazines in our stockings as per tradition and so many things were discussed yesterday including the fact that Angelina Jolie hates her natural child because it is blonde. Anyway it led to this discussion:
Mom: Oh oh! Guess what I read about John Edwards??
Me: What?
Mom: The tabloid said that John Edwards has a lover in North Carolina who is....who is... she...HAS A LOVEMUFFIN IN HER TUMMY AND SHE SAYS THAT HE IS THE FATHER!
Dad: psh tabloids blah blah blah
Me: LOVEMUFFIN IN THE TUMMY?? AHAHAHAHA
Mom and Dad continue to have normal conversation.
Me: MOTHER YOU ARE A SCULPTOR OF WORDS!
Anyways, see you wonderfuls around!