Enduronman
12-22-2013, 12:17 PM
First off, I hope that everyone here (including but not limited to lurkers, trolls, and the fake Boinkers profile I made just to mess with Jesse) has a great Christmas and time with family and friends too. (important, whether you like it or not because it is at least, being social) and it seems that something in common between nearly all of us is, although we may not want to go, attend, or visit anyone, once we are there, then it's a different story. Me included. Not real big on social events but after I'm there and acclamated to what's going on, I can make it fun and entertaining. I just have to keep an "open mind" even though I know my Mother will be drunk, and telling me the same story 23 times. And, my Sis (if she's even there because she's usually pissed off at someone else, for no reason other than the one she has created in her own mind because the people in her life don't act, do, or follow the plans of how this World is supposed to look) will more than likely be sitting in another room alone and if I do try to go say anything to her, she'll say that such and such is such an a**hole...and of course my gf of 8 years will get the same box of chocolate covered cherries that are extremely nasty, because she ate some and threw up in her Fathers convertible Thunderbird in 1969....Ahh, the memories. And of course, some really good daquiri's of lime and strawberry making everyone half loopy and goofy too. Like I am normally.
SOOOOOO glad I no longer have to do the "stay up till 2 am and put toys together" stuff anymore but there were always fond memories that followed the next day. Also something that I learned when my first born was young (now 22) was that even though we would get her 40 different presents, she, and my other two kids, would have more fun playing with a giant box that I would cut a door and windows in, and give them markers to decorate "their play house" inside. It would go on for days afterwards until they lost interest in it. $1000 or more spent, they played in a cardboard playhouse..I've shared that story with many "new" parents before, and they too realized the same..the kids liked the gifts, but loved the box that was free from the retail store...funny.
Now, they're all grown (more or less) with one still here..
I'm sure it'll be a great time, I'm just not going to answer ANY of my phones after noon on Christmas Eve because there are sinister forces out there that thrive on tryin to piss me off, at the most opportune times...X.. (cough, cough, choke..blaaaa)....
Merry Christmas all and make it a merry one too (at all costs)!!! :)
EMan, TAH, Chris.....
SOOOOOO glad I no longer have to do the "stay up till 2 am and put toys together" stuff anymore but there were always fond memories that followed the next day. Also something that I learned when my first born was young (now 22) was that even though we would get her 40 different presents, she, and my other two kids, would have more fun playing with a giant box that I would cut a door and windows in, and give them markers to decorate "their play house" inside. It would go on for days afterwards until they lost interest in it. $1000 or more spent, they played in a cardboard playhouse..I've shared that story with many "new" parents before, and they too realized the same..the kids liked the gifts, but loved the box that was free from the retail store...funny.
Now, they're all grown (more or less) with one still here..
I'm sure it'll be a great time, I'm just not going to answer ANY of my phones after noon on Christmas Eve because there are sinister forces out there that thrive on tryin to piss me off, at the most opportune times...X.. (cough, cough, choke..blaaaa)....
Merry Christmas all and make it a merry one too (at all costs)!!! :)
EMan, TAH, Chris.....