Christmas at home

On Saturday afternoon I arrived back in Detroit to a house full of 30+ people. I have no idea how my parents fit everyone in our tiny house, but I'm sure it helped that for the first time in years our basement was actually functional. For the past couple weeks my parents have been clearing out the basement both for the Christmas party and in anticipation of moving, if and when they actually find a house that suites them. I saw all of my cousins, most of which I hadn't seen for quite some time. Seriously, how cute is my youngest cousin Nathan?

We had our traditional huge family dinner, opened presents and had 17 participants for our annual ornament exchange.
On Sunday the 23rd I helped my mom with some last minute Christmas shopping and met up with some college friends at Buffalo Wild Wings that evening. It was great to catch up and see some people I haven't seen since this summer except I realize how spoiled I am by having both New Jersey and New York non-smoking.
Sure enough I woke up Christmas Eve with a killer sore throat which didn't help my already existing cold. I went to get a manicure and pedicure and then Adam and I finished up some of our last minute Christmas shopping. Christmas Eve we went to my grandma's for dinner and presents and then came home to shower and get ready for midnight mass.
On Christmas morning my mom had to work so for the first time in 24 years we woke up and didn't rush to open all the presents under the tree, instead waiting until the evening when everyone would again be in our pajamas gathered around the tree. During the day I relaxed, trying to kick whatever virus I had.

We went to Adam's grandmothers house and then his aunt's house. We got these from Adam's grandparents, his is the beer mug and mine is the wine glass.

Unfortunately, I felt miserable around 8:00pm and my right eye which seemed to have signs of pink eye earlier in the day had spread to my left eye which was now burning and runny. We came home a bit earlier than planned and opened presents around the tree with my parents and sister. Here are some of the highlights from the evening.




Last night I spent the night on the couch for fear of getting Adam or my sister sick. Luckily I have one more day at home to rest and get better before heading to Vegas tomorrow. I'm on antibiotics and I'll soon be on eyedrops for my eye, so whatever this is, I think I'm prepared.

Quick update

So I realize I haven't posted in awhile. Maybe it's because I rarely have feeling in my fingertips since it's been so freakin' cold out!? Anyways, below are some of the highlights of the past several weeks

- Went back to MI for Thanksgiving. Booked the reception hall and reserved the church for the wedding. Save the date: May 23rd, 2009.
- While back in MI for Thanksgiving we took my sister Ashley out to Royal Oak for the night. She recently turned 21 so we wanted to take advantage of her newly acquired legal rights and get her drunk. The night didn't end up very well... with me cleaning puke off the seats in my parents car at 3:00am and all, but either way, what a night!
- Last Friday Adam and I had a "date night" and did dinner and a movie. The movie was a little disturbing, but it was a nice low-key end to a hectic work week and after the busy Thanksgiving weekend we had it was just what we needed.
- Last Saturday night Adam, Walt and I met up with Walt's brother and friends at a small bar in Brooklyn. Because we took the train into NYC we had to leave fairly early to catch the last train out of Penn. It was a good night and I'm glad it wasn't the typical Adam and Walt night until 5:00am.
- Sunday was a very nice day spent indoors. We recieved our first snow of winter over the night so we spent the day hiding in the apartment sleeping in, cooking, wathcing tv and playing GH3.
- Monday was Adam's birthday. I gave him his presents and cooked him the meal he requested... a frozen 5 pound block of Stouffers Macaroni and Cheese. It was a good night with just the two of us eating a white-trash dinner and watching the tube.
- Wednesday night I left work a little early to meet Kendra in the city for Wicked. For Christmas I got her tickets to the show and dinner in NYC. We had dinner at a small italian restaurant around the corner from the theater. The show was amazing (even for the 2nd time) and I'm glad she finally got to see a show on Broadway since her move here last year.
- Tonight we're having dinner with Fink and Sarah at Blue Moon. I'm looking forward to the Sangria and spending time with our Holden Lifers East Coast Chapter members :)
- Tomorrow I have to come into work a bit, but hopefully Adam and I can get an early start to the day and head over to Macy's. I have to return the jacket I bought him for his birthday along with the new shoes I bought that are 2 DIFFERENT SIZES! I thought they check those things before letting you walk away with a 9.5 shoe an 7.5 shoe. Tomorrow night we're going to our friends Keith and Bathsheba's house for a Holiday Party. I'm looking forward to seeing some people that I haven't had a chance to see for quite some time.

Other than that not much new here. Looking forward to going back to MI for Christmas and Vegas for the New Year. I'm also going to Puerto Rico in January and I've given some thoughts to New years resolutions. I'm sure they'll be very similar to last years but I'm thinking about hiring a personal trainer for a month or so to at least get myself back into a routine. We'll see what 2008 has in store.