Bah!
What gives? I've been in the Arctic Tundra since approximately 2:00a Saturday night and I haven't had one minute yet with my family. Not one. Sunday was filled with a morning of chaos getting ready for the big Christmas Eve with the maternal side of the family and a night of hustle and bustle. Monday went pretty much the same way only with a ten minute gift exchange before we hopped in our showers to prepare for the paternal side of the famiy visits.
On Tuesday, while everyone brunched, then bowled with more family members, I was bedridden all day with a high fever and stomach issues. After trying SO hard to NOT get sick...it never fails. Today I felt much better, however, not enough to go marathon shopping at Somerset Mall. So...the fam ditched me for the day and went on their merry little way.
Literally about five minutes after they walked in the door, our dinner guests came over and that was that. One more day in the igloo and still no one on one family time. Glad I paid $200 just to get here.
So I thought, surely tomorrow we'll have a family day just chilling, watching movies, eating....like families do. Wrong. Evidently they didn't have enough mall time yesterday so they're going back. (Sidenote: When you live in LA, which has the best and most challenging shopping ever, you want to stay as far away from a mall as possible otherwise.)
Is it wrong of me to be pissed? Is it wrong of me to beg my disagreeable sister to let us ride down to Nashville on Saturday rather than Friday? I only get to see my family once a year these days...and it sucks.
I was so looking forward to this trip and while I can't say it's been a bad time, I can say that I am very sad that I haven't had a moment alone with just MY family. And that was what I have been looking forward to for months.
On the flipside, that drive to Nashville that I mentioned? Yes, I'll be there starting this weekend for a few days. Having a HUGE party to ring in the new year. Be there or be square. You know who you are.
In the meantime, I'm going to sulk some more about all the madness that I've been enveloped in.
On Tuesday, while everyone brunched, then bowled with more family members, I was bedridden all day with a high fever and stomach issues. After trying SO hard to NOT get sick...it never fails. Today I felt much better, however, not enough to go marathon shopping at Somerset Mall. So...the fam ditched me for the day and went on their merry little way.
Literally about five minutes after they walked in the door, our dinner guests came over and that was that. One more day in the igloo and still no one on one family time. Glad I paid $200 just to get here.
So I thought, surely tomorrow we'll have a family day just chilling, watching movies, eating....like families do. Wrong. Evidently they didn't have enough mall time yesterday so they're going back. (Sidenote: When you live in LA, which has the best and most challenging shopping ever, you want to stay as far away from a mall as possible otherwise.)
Is it wrong of me to be pissed? Is it wrong of me to beg my disagreeable sister to let us ride down to Nashville on Saturday rather than Friday? I only get to see my family once a year these days...and it sucks.
I was so looking forward to this trip and while I can't say it's been a bad time, I can say that I am very sad that I haven't had a moment alone with just MY family. And that was what I have been looking forward to for months.
On the flipside, that drive to Nashville that I mentioned? Yes, I'll be there starting this weekend for a few days. Having a HUGE party to ring in the new year. Be there or be square. You know who you are.
In the meantime, I'm going to sulk some more about all the madness that I've been enveloped in.
Labels: We Are Family
Posted by Stella @ 5:41 PM
1 Comments:
At December 28, 2006 3:44 PM,
Elevator Sunshine Girl said…
AWWW...you know i feel your pain...christmas this year is well... just different... are we older, more cranky, more sentimental or does everything keep changing and we just want to hold on to how things used to be?? At least for this ONE time in the year! Miss you! you got my number! :)
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