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First and foremost, Merry Christmas!
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It’s been a mellow one, folks. And I’ve liked it that way for the most part. I’m at my parents’ place. Have been here since noon yesterday, Christmas Eve. I will be absolutely ready to leave by or before noon tomorrow.
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Last evening, we went to a sunset church service. Now, my parents go to a very small town church and it’s a very small congregation. So the really bizarre thing about this certain church is the sheer number of show-business folks who attend this church! It’s kind of bizarre. The minister is also a movie critic and member of the Academy, his supporting “cast” are actually actors and professional singers. And it’s not that kind of church (you know, the heavily produced churches), it’s just a tiny, country church. Anyway, the funniest thing about this particular service is that it was simply a DISASTER. Everything that could possibly go wrong, did. The family lighting the advent candles had NO idea what they were doing; the choir (of which my mother is a member) hardly knew what they were singing; one of the soloists had to start her song over because the piano accompanist was playing the wrong song (???); another soloist dropped the mike before he started singing and it wasn’t on purpose; there were flubbed lines galore and it was ALL I could do not to bust out laughing several times during this service. But we made it through. Barely. I mean, it was so bad that it was entertaining. Good job, players - you simply can’t rehearse enough to produce something so freaking hilarious.
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I have eaten like there’s no tomorrow and I am just about ready to begin some serious fasting. We have had meatloaf and mac & cheese, ham, fried sweet potatoes, chocolate pie, banana nut bread, my vanilla treats, summer sausage, cinnamon rolls, cheese and crackers, handfuls and handfuls of nuts, prosecco, mints, cookies, and broccoli smothered in cheese. Yum and YUCK all at the same time.
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Funniest part about the point above is that both my mom and dad are on the Weight Watchers program and have been for the past six months and they’ve had really good success! My mom has lost 25 lbs. and my dad has lost about 40 lbs! That’s really great for older peeps and I’m super proud of them. They have kind of let loose the last couple of meals, but they’ll be back on track by tomorrow. Now that Oprah is part of the plan, I’m pretty interested in the new healthy eating points system.
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Late Breaking Update How’s this for bizarre: random (and handsome!) guy who attended the church service I wrote about above send me a friend request on Facebook. I recognized him from his hometown (here, where my parents live) and his current city is the city next to my city. It’s super random, but he seems pretty cool and we’re chatting on messenger right now. He’s asking me how I ended up here in this tiny town…you know, kind of getting to know each other. This is so funny!!
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My parents, the grandparents. This one kind of got to me. While we were having our gift exchange this morning (just the three of us - my brother and his wife and new baby are in China), there was a gift that my dad gave my mom. It was a locket…really pretty and had the word, “Grandma” engraved on it. My mom read it and started to cry and then my dad started to cry. And all I wanted to do was crawl under a rock! UGH. I so, so wish I hadn’t taken it personally, but I couldn’t help it. I wanted so badly to get caught up in their emotions, but all I could think about was how I failed to make them a grandchild. It was just a moment…a moment in time where I cringed from my head to toes. I’m kinda over it now, but I am still kind of weirded out about that feeling.
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Is it the full moon? Did you see it? Did it make your peeps weird, too? Even SHIP, who’s in Iceland right now got weird on me last night. It was the middle of the night for him and Christmas Eve here when I sent him a Merry Christmas message and he messaged me back…something about how he liked my company in China but that he was going to trash me on Facebook and then how he misses me, but that I am an ice cold lady… WTF? I asked him what the hell he meant by that and was it something that I said. No answer. I thought maybe he was drunk. So today I sent him another message to see if maybe it was a language barrier and he apologized telling me that he was fucking with me and that it wasn’t nice and he apologized. But it was all just too weird. He said he wanted to see how much I missed him (???).
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Saw Star Wars with my parents today at their small town theater. So funny because everyone at the theater knew everyone else. It was like sitting in a gigantic living room where everyone’s saying hi, howyadoing to everyone else as they walked into the theater and found a seat. I liked it, and it made me wonder about living in a small town, but then again, I think I like anonymity better. Regardless, thoroughly enjoyed the movie and hanging with my parents. And a lllllll of their neighbors.
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Time to take the dog out. We have to separate the dog and my parents’ cat as that poor cat gets NO slack from Martini Dog. It’s crazy that such a small dog can cause such a scene around here. But she’s still my joy and I love her. Just like a baby…or a grandpuppy to my parents! :)
XO,
GS
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