A Sigh of Relief

He is RISEN!

Oh, sorry, wrong holiday.

What *IF* Christmas Eve had the same tone that Good Friday does? (Assuming you are Christian, which being Catholic as I am, I must assume, for if you aren't you are unfortunately going to Hell. Sorry. Your bad.) Imagine the holiday shopping crowds, all somber as they clamber over each other for that perfect toy/sweater/full posable Fergie doll.... yes, she wets herself too! I would imagine I'd still forget and order a Rueben for lunch as is my Good Friday tradition. Yah, whoops.

But Christmas is a time of joy, not sorrow! A time for laughter and good spirits! Spirits, yes. There were many of those consumed today. That Wawa egg nog was particularly nice with all that rum added to it.

All right, today wasn't half bad. It was quiet until people showed up around 6ish, but these were the non-family, non-threatening, non-drama friends-type of guests. It was very nice to see them, and also sit around the kitchen table relating our days dealing with the family, threatening, drama-type of guests. More egg nog, more rum.

I did miss something though in the phone conversations I had with my siblings and my father... I would have liked to have been there.

Although I have said before that it's nice to live far from one's family, it's also nice to see them every once in a while, so next year... yes, I think we will do it. We will GO to see my family on Thanksgiving or Christmas.

God help me.