Shit! It's almost Christmas!

elSicomoro · 12-23-2002, 03:51 AM

I can't believe it's already the 23rd of December. This year has blown by so fast...

My goal this year was to have the tree up and decorated and all the lights up on the windows the weekend after Thanksgiving. Well, that didn't quite pan out. I was going to do it the following weekend, but was under the weather, IIRC. I was going to do it last weekend, but was bedridden a good part of the weekend with vicious back spasms. This weekend was sheer laziness...fuck it. No lights on the windows. I was going to go ahead and put up the tree b/c...

The original plan for Xmas for Rho and I was to go to Baltimore and spend it with her family...Rho has only seen her family twice since we moved to Philadelphia, and has not been to Baltimore since last Thanksgiving. We were going to go down there on the 24th and stay until the 29th. But Rho was on the unemployment dole for 2 1/2 months, and we're just getting back on our feet...not to mention, Putt-putt could use some work before we take her on a long distance drive. We told her parents that we would not be coming...

Well, Mrs. Strickland was just not going to hear this nonsense! Damnit, you are coming down here...rent a car and I'll pay you back for it. Rho and I already had the 25th and 26th off...well, okay, we'll come...twist my arm already!

(I have to give mad props to my in-laws. They've been incredibly helpful to us since Rho was diagnosed with ESRD last year. Not that they weren't before the health situation, but they've really stepped up to the plate for us in the past 18 months.)

So, now we're going to Baltimore on Tuesday night and returning Thursday night. Well, the tree is up, but undecorated...since we'll be out of town during Xmas, why even decorate it?

My God...I thought Rho would beat me silly on this suggestion. And truth be told, I got the tree all nice and shaped out...it'd be a shame not to decorate it. So, that's what we're doing later tonight...maybe I'll leave it up for an extra week for the hell of it.

So today, Rho and I will get each other's gifts (they're simple enough so that we won't have to deal with mall mobs), decorate the tree, and pack our bags for our little jaunt south. It'll be nice to get away for a couple of days. Rho's Aunt Helen is holding festivities, so the food will be so good, you'll smack yo' mamma down! Not to mention, we can head over to Ellicott City and pick up some pizza from Ledo's...my God, I miss that beautiful place. The best pizza I've had since leaving St. Louis. *drools* And I think I'll take my bottle of Penn Dutch Egg Nog along...I still have 3/4 of a bottle left.

Whatever all of you plan to do for the holiday...be safe, eat well, and enjoy the day. If you don't celebrate Xmas, enjoy the day off.

12-23-2002, 03:51 AM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Shit! It's almost Christmas! I can't believe it's already the 23rd of December. This year has blown by so fast... My goal this year was to have the tree up and decorated and all the lights up on the windows the weekend after Thanksgiving. Well, that didn't quite pan out. I was going to do it the following weekend, but was under the weather, IIRC. I was going to do it last weekend, but was bedridden a good part of the weekend with vicious back spasms. This weekend was sheer laziness...fuck it. No lights on the windows. I was going to go ahead and put up the tree b/c... The original plan for Xmas for Rho and I was to go to Baltimore and spend it with her family...Rho has only seen her family twice since we moved to Philadelphia, and has not been to Baltimore since last Thanksgiving. We were going to go down there on the 24th and stay until the 29th. But Rho was on the unemployment dole for 2 1/2 months, and we're just getting back on our feet...not to mention, Putt-putt could use some work before we take her on a long distance drive. We told her parents that we would not be coming... Well, Mrs. Strickland was just not going to hear this nonsense! Damnit, you are coming down here...rent a car and I'll pay you back for it. Rho and I already had the 25th and 26th off...well, okay, we'll come...twist my arm already! (I have to give mad props to my in-laws. They've been incredibly helpful to us since Rho was diagnosed with ESRD last year. Not that they weren't before the health situation, but they've really stepped up to the plate for us in the past 18 months.) So, now we're going to Baltimore on Tuesday night and returning Thursday night. Well, the tree is up, but undecorated...since we'll be out of town during Xmas, why even decorate it? My God...I thought Rho would beat me silly on this suggestion. And truth be told, I got the tree all nice and shaped out...it'd be a shame not to decorate it. So, that's what we're doing later tonight...maybe I'll leave it up for an extra week for the hell of it. So today, Rho and I will get each other's gifts (they're simple enough so that we won't have to deal with mall mobs), decorate the tree, and pack our bags for our little jaunt south. It'll be nice to get away for a couple of days. Rho's Aunt Helen is holding festivities, so the food will be so good, you'll smack yo' mamma down! Not to mention, we can head over to Ellicott City and pick up some pizza from Ledo's...my God, I miss that beautiful place. The best pizza I've had since leaving St. Louis. drools And I think I'll take my bottle of Penn Dutch Egg Nog along...I still have 3/4 of a bottle left. Whatever all of you plan to do for the holiday...be safe, eat well, and enjoy the day. If you don't celebrate Xmas, enjoy the day off. Last edited by elSicomoro; 12-23-2002 at 06:45 AM.

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