Christmas and whatnot
Overall I suppose the Christmas season was good...
I worked on Sat... then Sunday morning (christmas eve) I got up and went to church with Ethan. We did not really know what to expect since Calvary is kinda strange... and they did not do anything special for Christmas Eve. We continued our study of 1 Peter, chapter 2... and it was good. i like the way he brings a lot of references, digging into the OT and other parts of the bible. After that, Ethan went off to eat "brunch" (its breakfast and lunch!) at the Wineberry Cafe... I went home to bacon bacon and more bacon.
Jon showed up around 1:30 and we went to the People's Light to see Robin Hood (not Peter Pan) and it was good. It is a panto, which if you would like to know more about, you will have to look up on your own, but let's just say there was a lot of bawdy humor and very large man with an hourglass figure and some pretty crazy dresses on. It was a lot of fun, and there was audience participation, and lots of kids. I would say the only downside was that 1) it was not very Christmasy and 2) there were lots of little kid smells. Regardless, it was a good mutual Christmas present.
After that Jim, Maureen, Nan, and Bud came over for leg of lamb. mmm. there is not much more to say about that other than delish.
THEN we fumbled around trying to figure out what to do for church. Suprisingly no Catholic churches in the immediate vincinity had midnight mass, which my mom prefers on Christmas Eve. So I ended up going to Jon's church and hanging out with his sister, brother-in-law, and the former Nicol Household Squatter. The Nicols had people over after the service, so I went back there and ate lots of this awesome bread, courtesy, I think, of Mr. Matthews? I dont know who made it, but it was sheer awesomeness. I think around 12ish we popped in Muppet's Christmas Carol... and I promptly fell asleep in the middle of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Yeah. It was a very busy, but very good Christmas Eve. It was great talking to Michelle and Jason and seeing Amy (from Jon's church) and hearing about what she has been up to. Plus seeing all those OTHER people from Jon's church that I could only visually recognize before... and I still cannot remember their names, even though I try. Magically they know who I am. Sigh. I try!
Christmas was sort of a bummer... because I was out so late, I slept til almost noon. I awoke, though, to bacon bacon and more bacon, which I decided would go very well with french toast. So I made the french toast while my mom went to pick up Nan and Bud. I guess everyone got back atound 12:30. We ate, then started opening presents at 1. We sort of rushed bc I had to leave for work at 2:30. I got TONS of clothes... like... tons. Seriously. I need a walk-in closet. Or I just need to give clothes to goodwill. Anyway, it was good... and then I went off to work, where there were only 3 of us on instead of 4. That proceeded to suck until about 8ish when things calmed down. Graham was nice enough to keep me company on aim because his parents had already left for some other state, and he was alone and bored.
Yesterday I had the day off and I slept forever, which was GREAT. Last night, then, i went over to the Metsgers and got to hang out with all the former in-laws.... and as not fun as I thought it was going to be... it actually turned out to be a great night. I played Mizetti with sister Carin, cousins Andrea and Eva, Carin's friend Mel, Aunt Ruth, and Ethan's mom Lucy. That was cool. Then Ann and Elliot and Ethan came and joined us for Apples to Apples. I guess we played to nearly midnight... and ate cookies and chips and dip and chex mix. Have I mentioned I have been eating like a horse the past few days?! Anyway, I had a really good time. This Christmas has been hard bc I always felt like a close part of their family, and it was strange to be away from them during the season. I suppose it is for the best, but I admit it made me upset more than once in the past week or so.
So that is how things have been... I work again tomorrow, I am here at work right now...
Oh, buy the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini - it is freakin AWESOME. I just used Jenn's giftcard to buy the next book (Eldest) from B&N.com. FREAKIN GOOD. I finished it in like 2 days. I love when I buy books for other people and end up keeping them for myself. (Sorry Josh, you can borrow)
It is also Josh's birthday, by the way, so make sure you send him a text or im. :)
Back to work...
I worked on Sat... then Sunday morning (christmas eve) I got up and went to church with Ethan. We did not really know what to expect since Calvary is kinda strange... and they did not do anything special for Christmas Eve. We continued our study of 1 Peter, chapter 2... and it was good. i like the way he brings a lot of references, digging into the OT and other parts of the bible. After that, Ethan went off to eat "brunch" (its breakfast and lunch!) at the Wineberry Cafe... I went home to bacon bacon and more bacon.
Jon showed up around 1:30 and we went to the People's Light to see Robin Hood (not Peter Pan) and it was good. It is a panto, which if you would like to know more about, you will have to look up on your own, but let's just say there was a lot of bawdy humor and very large man with an hourglass figure and some pretty crazy dresses on. It was a lot of fun, and there was audience participation, and lots of kids. I would say the only downside was that 1) it was not very Christmasy and 2) there were lots of little kid smells. Regardless, it was a good mutual Christmas present.
After that Jim, Maureen, Nan, and Bud came over for leg of lamb. mmm. there is not much more to say about that other than delish.
THEN we fumbled around trying to figure out what to do for church. Suprisingly no Catholic churches in the immediate vincinity had midnight mass, which my mom prefers on Christmas Eve. So I ended up going to Jon's church and hanging out with his sister, brother-in-law, and the former Nicol Household Squatter. The Nicols had people over after the service, so I went back there and ate lots of this awesome bread, courtesy, I think, of Mr. Matthews? I dont know who made it, but it was sheer awesomeness. I think around 12ish we popped in Muppet's Christmas Carol... and I promptly fell asleep in the middle of the Ghost of Christmas Past. Yeah. It was a very busy, but very good Christmas Eve. It was great talking to Michelle and Jason and seeing Amy (from Jon's church) and hearing about what she has been up to. Plus seeing all those OTHER people from Jon's church that I could only visually recognize before... and I still cannot remember their names, even though I try. Magically they know who I am. Sigh. I try!
Christmas was sort of a bummer... because I was out so late, I slept til almost noon. I awoke, though, to bacon bacon and more bacon, which I decided would go very well with french toast. So I made the french toast while my mom went to pick up Nan and Bud. I guess everyone got back atound 12:30. We ate, then started opening presents at 1. We sort of rushed bc I had to leave for work at 2:30. I got TONS of clothes... like... tons. Seriously. I need a walk-in closet. Or I just need to give clothes to goodwill. Anyway, it was good... and then I went off to work, where there were only 3 of us on instead of 4. That proceeded to suck until about 8ish when things calmed down. Graham was nice enough to keep me company on aim because his parents had already left for some other state, and he was alone and bored.
Yesterday I had the day off and I slept forever, which was GREAT. Last night, then, i went over to the Metsgers and got to hang out with all the former in-laws.... and as not fun as I thought it was going to be... it actually turned out to be a great night. I played Mizetti with sister Carin, cousins Andrea and Eva, Carin's friend Mel, Aunt Ruth, and Ethan's mom Lucy. That was cool. Then Ann and Elliot and Ethan came and joined us for Apples to Apples. I guess we played to nearly midnight... and ate cookies and chips and dip and chex mix. Have I mentioned I have been eating like a horse the past few days?! Anyway, I had a really good time. This Christmas has been hard bc I always felt like a close part of their family, and it was strange to be away from them during the season. I suppose it is for the best, but I admit it made me upset more than once in the past week or so.
So that is how things have been... I work again tomorrow, I am here at work right now...
Oh, buy the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini - it is freakin AWESOME. I just used Jenn's giftcard to buy the next book (Eldest) from B&N.com. FREAKIN GOOD. I finished it in like 2 days. I love when I buy books for other people and end up keeping them for myself. (Sorry Josh, you can borrow)
It is also Josh's birthday, by the way, so make sure you send him a text or im. :)
Back to work...
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