Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Okay, so I haven't posted in a while but try to give me a break, okay? I have been either at Kim's place or sick since Christmas. It's been a rocky (but really nice) holiday.

The night before Christmas Eve was really fun. My grandmother and I stayed up until 5 am cooking. It was crazy, but great. Christmas Eve was filled with even more cooking right up until dinnertime. I ate so much junk food it isn't even funny. Connor (my nephew, for those of you with a bad memory) was so cute when we opened presents. Of course he was more interested in all the wrapping paper and all of our boxes than the toys that he got. Predictable for a one-year-old. My grandmother gave me $100 in cash and I got a Simpsons DVD set. Woo-hoo! The next day, I was at my mother's and then my father's for tons of gifts. I got lots of great DVD box sets (I am going to be watching so much TV), great gift cards, and other miscellaneous gifts that were great.

Christmas Day night, I went over to Kim's to spend the night and exchange gifts with her. The instant I got there, she went outside with Dave to argue and they proceeded to argue for about 3 1/2 hours. Pissed me off. I could have spent the evening with my grandmother and Connor (she had kidnapped him from my sister for the night). Instead, I spent the night taking care of the kids, putting them to bed, and twiddling my thumbs. Now I do love those kids to death, but I had come to spend dome Christmas time with my best friend. I was actually more pissed off at Kim than at Dave. Sometimes Dave instigates things, but Kim has such a temper and she just has to keep on it. I almost left, but Kim apologized. Dave apologized too, which was nice. I forgave Kim of course. It's what I do. Dave actually apologized to me weeks ago for all the times he made me feel uncomfortable around him and for ignoring me. Since then, he has been better. He actually acknowledges my presence and I don't feel uncomfortable around him anymore. Of course, he still acts like a jerk sometimes with Kim but she has her moments where I almost (and I did say ALMOST) feel sorry for him.

Anyway, Kim and I did make up and I got great gifts from her. We woke up early to go shopping on Monday to take advantage of the post-holiday sales and use some of my gift cards. However, we were in Wal-Mart and I started feeling very nauseous. I ended up throwing up. For the rest of the day, I was sick to my stomach off and on. We did attempt to go to a couple more stores because there were moments where I didn't feel sick. But then it just got too much and I felt light-headed, in addition to being sick. I also started feeling weak and every joint ached. I slept a lot that day and eventually went home to sleep some more. The only thing I had to eat that was s few bites of eggs and hashbrowns at IHOP that morning for breakfast and then I had some crackers that night. It must have been just a 24-hour virus or something because I felt better the next morning and my appetite was even back. However, I did get a really bad migraine like an hour after I woke up. Dammit. I just can't catch a break.

So the next day, I was at Kim's babysitting. I introduced my godsons to Heathcliff (thanks Luke) and to Garfield (thanks to my mom). I think they like those shows even more than I do (well, they are the right demographic for it). Thursday, I got a lot done at home while answering phones for my dad. I scrubbed my bathroom spotless. I was so proud of myself. I've been meaning to do that for ages. I got an e-mail from Luke this week and he wants to come see me in a couple of months. Yay. I'm already thinking of stuff I want to do with him. Yeah, I don't have a whole lot going on right now anyway. :) Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I'm psyched. Tomorrow night, Kim and I have reservations at this really nice restaurant. We're going to have a yummy four course dinner and a champagne toast at midnight.

I'm going to try not to let a long time go before my next blog, but I know that my next post won't be until after the 1st. So I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year! 2005 sucked so here's hoping that 2006 will be a lot better.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Yes, this is my Christmas tree. You can barely tell, but there are some lights on the tree. It may seem sad, but it's a lot easier to deal with than an actual tree. I'll just wait till I get my own apartment to get my own tree. I do like the look of my little wooden tree with presents underneath it. None of these presents are for me though as the ones that are for me are all under someone else's tree. I love buying things for other people. I had a lot of fun picking out gifts. I have ordered a couple of things online and I just hope they get here by Christmas. Of course two of those are for my godsons and they're so young that Christmas Day is just like two weeks from Christmas Day. It doesn't even matter. Isn't being young grand? My schedule has been so crazy lately that I've been a little slack with mailing Christmas stuff to my friends out of town. But my class ended yesterday. Woo-hoo! Now I have a three week break until grad school and my Spanish class. Sweet.

On another note, I have been blessed by God twice in two days. Seriously, I love it that Christians assume everyone is their religion and that everyone believes in God. What if I were Jewish? And you don't see Jewish people saying, "Happy Hanukkah" to everyone. Christians just want to believe that everyone thinks like them and if they don't, then by all means let's convert them. Speaking of which, Kim said she was going to make me go to church with her on Christmas Day. Ha. I'm not going to some building and have some preacher talk for two hours about stuff that I think is a load of hogwash. I'm just going to be rolling my eyes internally the entire time. She's not the first Christian to try to get the atheist to go to church and I'm sure she won't be the last. Oh well. It's the price you pay for living in the south, I guess. Well, I'll take care of that problem as soon as possible.

Odds and Ends

My life has been a little crazy lately, which is why I've been a little slack on my posts lately. I do apologize.

I have been babysitting for my two beautiful godsons this week. Kim needed daycare that wasn't totally expensive, so she offered to pay me to watch them three days a week (the other two days, I still work for my dad). It's great because I get to spend time with them and I get extra money, which I do need. I always spend the night with Kim the night before I'm supposed to watch them. I've been going straight from Kim's to class or from the shelter to Kim's. It's been a little maddening. But the boys are great. Of course they have their fussy moments. The oldest one, Christian (who is 2 1/2), has finally learned my name and says it all the time now. Of course when he says "Cindy," there are times when it comes out as "candy." So adorable.

I've pretty much gotten my Christmas shopping done. I have one gift to buy and then I guess I'll get some Christmas cards. I've been trying to find Friends, Season 10 forever. I've gone to numerous stores and every single one of them is sold out. I'm going to try one more store tonight and then I may just have to give up. Or go to Best Buy, but that'll be more expensive. I've ordered a couple of things so I just hope that they get here in time for Christmas. I can't believe Christmas is just a little over a week away and 2005 is almost over. Halleujiah! This year has been really exhausting so I'm looking forward to the end of it. Kim and I are making plans for New Year's Eve. There are so many things going on and we just have to decide what we're going to do. We just have to find a babysitter for that night and we'll be set.

Well that's been my life lately. Not very exciting, I know. I've been busy with work and school. And thank goodness I have my final exam next Monday and I will be done until January 10th. Woo-hoo!

Happy Birthday Connor

Today we had my mephew's birthday party at Chuckie Cheese. His actual birthday is on the 18th, but we had the party today. As you can tell by the pictures, he had a blast. It was so fun. It's hard to believe that he's already a year old. To think that it was one year ago that I was being woke up in Los Angeles at 5:30 in the morning (their time) to be informed that my sister was in labor. . . good times, good times. It was a great party and Connor is the most beautiful one year old in the world. But then again, I may be biased.

I know that I haven't been a regular blog writer lately, but I have been a little crazed. I will catch everyone up soon, I promise!