Stuff stuff STUFFFF!!

N more stuff.

:)

So first off I'd like to thank Mr. Murphy of Murphy's law. Yes. Because tonight I was practically GARUNTEED lovin. Oh but no. NOOOOO. My STUPID FREAKING PAIN BRINING monthly had to start. Sonofabitch. So. I'm going to curl into the fetal position with lots of chocolate and tie myself to the bed so I don't kill anyone and wait til it's over. :: cursing under breath :: BLAHHHH!!!

Moving on.

So. Christmas has been interesting. Saw my Grandma, 2 uncles and an aunt on christmas eve for presents and dinner. Got reminded of why I don't really associate with that side of my family voluntarily very often. They're pretty much a bunch of racist mofo's who do nothing but talk shit about people. Yay. Jerry Springer eat your heart out.

Loot I got: Jean Jacket, 2 shirts, scarf, pj's, chocolate, oil of olay facial scrubby things that I think my grandma just wrapped up to make me feel like I had more presants and some peanut brittle which I gave to James.

So I made that visit as short as possible so I could get back to walnut creek to see James.

We just sorta hung out and then went to see Lord of the Rings. It was awesome :) But no soda or drinks when watching the movie!!! Got a long night's sleep tho which was nice..

Christmas Day.
Woke up late. Hung out. Snuggled. Then got ready and headed over to my COOL side of the family. The McCarthy's. WOOT! :)

So lemme set this up for you. Imagine something out of a banana republic or maybe abercrombie catalog. The house is something out of HGTV and yes. They're all rich and beautiful. I just sort of like looking at them. :) All tall, skinny, blonde hair, blue eyes, and beautiful.

But EXTREMELY wonderful and nice people. I've never felt more loved by anyone in my life than by them. I would do anything for them. It's taken me a long time to feel close to them I'll admit. I grew up sort of an outsider from them. My grandma's side of the family doesn't like them. Long history. And a lot of jealousy. I would see them about 1 - 2 times a year even though I lived 20 minutes away. I never felt like I was a part of the family. Just sort of a person looking in on this perfect existance.

Then my father died in august. Things changed dramatically. I became closer to them than ever before. They kept in touch. I kept in touch. We'd see eachother for no reason other than to just hang out. I saw sides of my family I'd never seen before. Something other than constant happiness. Underlying family problems I didn't know about surfaced. It was incredible. I finally realized they weren't perfect. They were, in fact, human. So I finally got my closure. I accepted them into my life and accepted who they are. I finally became comfortable with them. Included.

So James and I showed up in the midst of the last minute prep process :) They were running behind but that was ok. It was just like to hang out and talk. Also it prepped James a little bit before the masses showed up :) We briefed him a little bit about who each person was and what they'd most likely be talking about :) " Oh so and so does this and he'll probably talk about this. " :)

James ended up playing video games with my little cousin while I chatted. :) hehe.
I felt bad cuz I didn't know if he was having a good time or not. But having him there with my family. Sharing that part of my life with him was the most incredible feeling ever. I felt like I was floating. Everything happened almost perfectly. It was wonderful.

The night went on. We ate. Chatted. Socialized. All night long my family fell more and more in love with James :) They saw the amazing things in him that I see everyday. After a while, they stopped asking me about what I was doing and instead would come up and tell me how wonderful they thought james was :) hehe.

So. James was getting ready to leave and went into the kitchen to tell my uncle thank you for dinner when my uncle was like.. " Uhm. You can't leave. There's a surprise under the tree for you. "

James came back to the table and I was curious why he wasn't getting ready to leave. He informed me that he'd been told he wasn't allowed to because there was something for him under the tree. :) My heart melted. My family really is wonderful.

It came time to open presents. James got his present from " santa " :) hehe. He loosened up more and more as the night wore on. I got a few gifts as well. James got a really funny book of quotes from my uncle ;) Then it was time for him to leave. So I let him take my car and I stayed behind to spend some more time with my family.

After James left, my family all talked about how cute, smart, funny, nice, etc. he was :) I told them all with a smile.. I know. :) They thought he had the coolest job and they couldn't wait to see him again. I couldn't stop smiling. They told me how lucky I was to have met him and I told them all... I say that to myself all the time :)

So we had dessert and then it was time for me to leave. So my cousins gave me a ride home in the family navigator. Sheesh :) hehe. I love that car wayyyyy more than I should. NAVIGATION!! WOOT WOOT!

I got home and told James how wonderful family thinks he is and I told him that I think they all wanna like marry him now :) haha :) I told him how much I agreed with them that he was wonderful too.

So yes :)

Loot I got: A coach wristlet ( purse thingy), floating candles, 50 bucks, a book ( which I've read already and want more of the series ), a coin purse from banana republic, and a magic wallet from j.crew :) Woot :)

so I have more purses and bags now than I know what to do with :) But hey.. good shit.

So I had fun. Things are good. Trip on new year's ( hopefully :: crosses fingers :: )

Saw Ryan, Johanna, and Syb today which was fun. Bought some books and a starbucks giftcard along with a half price books giftcard for james ;) Deadly combo :) hehe.

:: happy sigh ::

:)

I'd forgotten how wonderful it was to be in love.