ugh. ben – this is what happens when you squeeze your ball!
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yesterday we went to my cousin’s wife’s parents’ house for soup and snacks. logan and caleb are so cute! they were wearing matching (but diff. colored) sweaters that also matched matt’s (their dad). we had to leave before the brandy alexander, but the chili was sure good and so were the snacks and cookies.
upon return home, i immediately ate more cheese ball, some pickles & dried fruit, not because i was hungry but because…well…it was there. and free. and yummy. and i was feeling a little depressed (as i always do this time of year) so i decided to stuff my face. are you happy?
so i just got home from my annual christmas get together with my lady friends from high school. maria, nicole, katie, and tiffany (and brian) are all doing ok – everyone basically has no idea what they are doing right now, etc, but no one is sick or in a terribly desperate situation, so that’s good. mostly we all just realize that somehow we can all pick up again even though we haven’t seen each other for a year…and how many people can you say that about?
well, the trivial pursuit tournament was awesome – but we didn’t win…or place. it was HARD! tv themes that no one at our table had ever heard before, bizarro sports questions, airport abbreviations?? we did have a pretty high score though, and it was a lot of fun. i’ll definately be back to do it again.
besides that, i went to the dentist, the eye doctor, the orthodontist (twice!), decorated the christmas tree, finished the gingerbread bird house, put together the gingerbread house, and ate a lot of really good food. mm. the train ride was good too – i’ll probably take it back down for christmas, too.
tomorrow i get on the train to go home for the second visit out of 3 within 6 weeks. yay! plus – an added bonus: trivial pursuit tournament! (as if getting to ride the train weren’t exciting enough)
also, oddly, a copy of jane magazine got delivered to the office, and inside was, oddly, a zoloft ad. but you know what that means!! zoloft bubble!!
so the other morning at 6am the electrics (memphis belle? anyone? anyone?) in our ceiling fan shorted out, scaring the crap out of kate, who was sleeping on the couch, with it’s loudness and burning smell-ness, etc. she left for the gym, so when i got up i didn’t know what was going on – i was just like, hm. this light doesn’t appear to be working. maybe it’s the breaker! so i go to the breaker box and start to flip the ‘off’ one and….HORRIBLE LOUD GRINDING NOISE FLICKERING ORANGE LIGHT BURNING SMELL OH SWEET JESUS NO
needless to say, building maintentance was called in. and we got a BRAND NEW nice dark wood & gold fan! woo hoo!
now if we can just get that pilot light fixed…and get our name in the directory at the front door…hm…
head hurts….sleepy….want to go to bed….argh.
btw – thanksgiving was great, had a great time and ate some awesome food that i didn’t have to pay for. ahh yes. i’ve seen master and commander. twice. was even better the second time!
christmas/kwanzaa/chanukah/holidays in general/whatever should NOT be allowed to start before thanksgiving. let’s give the turkey a chance! what about taking time for a nice national holiday, a nice nondenominational all-american let’s all come together holiday, to think about what we are grateful for and to be with our families and friends without the cultural imperative to CONSUME!!! CONSUME!!! CONSUUUUUUUME!!!!!!
sure, thanksgiving was originally a feast that led to screwing the native americans out of all of their land and war and disease and almost totally wiping out entire civilizations, but it doesn’t have to be about that. it can be about how we have progressed (or are trying to progress) from that time hundreds of years ago.
so come on. let’s give thanksgiving its due.