The Holidays, Part 1 - Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

This is kinda boring, well to me it is, but I swear it'll all end with some drama once I get everything up and posted.  Stick with me....

Where did we leave off? It seems like it’s been so long…… Oh wait, it has…… Ok, so the last time we talked, I was here at work while my boy was snuggled up in my bed, fresh off the boat. He didn’t get to stay long. He still had shopping to finish and his mom’s all weird about him getting home. It was ok with me that he had to go because I couldn’t stay home like I REALLY wanted to. We said good morning and I got ready to head out the door. Apparently I didn’t realize when you’ve been on a boat for a month; you get all weird walking on solid ground. He stumbled around the bedroom like he was drunk. It made me laugh.

I did my time at work, finally getting out around 1:00 on Christmas Eve. I ran around and got the rest of my shit together and went home to wrap gifts. Once I got that done, it was already time to get Ev to his grandma’s house and the big kids and I went to church with my mom. I’m not a religious person by any means, but there is something moving about the Christmas Eve service. After that was over, we went to Nicole’s parents house because they have an open house every year and quite honestly, I’m not gonna turn down free food and drink….

There were a lot of people there. Most of them I didn’t know. Oh well, I was just chillin until it was time to pick Ev up. When it was time, I took Brandon with me, I wasn’t going over there by myself and having them create drama. If I took a kid with me, I knew that wouldn’t happen.

I picked him up and everything went smoothly. She had gifts for the boys and me, as well as a ton of stuff for Ev. My car was packed full. I thanked them for everything and went back to the open house.

My allergies got the best of me and I really wanted to get home around 9 because Tara and I had plans to hang out since her family ditched her. When I got there, I got Ev into bed and Tara and April came down, kids in tow to hang out. We laid around back in my room chillin, listening to music and drinking far too much till like midnight. At that point we figured we better actually get some sleep. Everyone left and I texted Kyle for awhile. I was a lil sad that he wasn’t there, being as he was back in town and all, but I understand family shit…. After 3 on Christmas Day I’d have him to myself for the next 27 days.

Christmas Morning

What to say about this? It sucked. My kids had one present each from me to open because they’ve already gotten so much of their stuff and it didn’t make sense to wrap all the shit back up. Ev helped them out by eating the wrapping paper. All in all, it was pretty gay. They had gotten Rock Band from Ev’s grandma, so they busted that out and messed around until it was time to go to my mom’s house.

Over at mom’s, there were plenty of presents for everyone. So much for it being a “simple, scaled back” Christmas. The kids got me the super cute new coat I wanted and some other stuff. I got my ski pass from my parents like I wanted, and a bunch of little other stuff.

The kids got DJ Hero, clothes and so much other shit, my house would be practically bursting with Christmas shit. After presents, we had a wonderful dinner of the stolen Honey Baked Ham that UPS had left for the ex-husband on my doorstep. My mom cooked me a pot roast because I hate ham. The meal was fantastic as usual. After that I spent a little time in a food coma and around 3 headed home.

Later on Kyle made his appearance needing wrapping paper to wrap my gift. That made me laugh. He is soooooo not a planner. He got me a Fossil watch. It’s pretty sweet. If Tara would give me my fucking camera back I’d show ya. He also said he went to get me something else, but they were closed, so it’d have to wait till Monday. Whatever, I was just happy to get a gift. I’m like a little kid about presents.

The rest of Christmas night was spent curled up with him, enjoying the fact I have him back for a month……….