i finished finals on december 14th. that same day i bought my self a christmas present. the new 17 inch imac g5. i really love it. its rather different but i am adjusting i suppose.
before christmas i saw the last of three gstarr shows. she is way incredible. michelle malone, nini camps, and amelia white were also very good.
christmas went much better than i could have expected. most years i get one or two things i am disappointed about b/c i didnt ask for it nor do i have any use for it. THIS year that was not the case. my mom and dad got me a surge protector/battery back up for the mac as well as a kick ass sub system for the mac! LOVE IT. lets see, they also got me crocs, underwear, socks, an ipod cover, itunes gift certificate, and a load of UT stuff.
cait came over to open her mountain of presents. my parents got her a bad ass fender amp (same one they got me for my birthday), a led zepplin (sp) stool, and cologne. i gave her a wallet, cologne, and clothes. mom and dad fixed her up a fab stocking containing the same bits that mine and my brothers did.
later that morning i went to her house to open my mountain. it was amazing. my stocking was perfect. it had a nerf b-ball hoop for the door, a nascar tony stewart thinger, long johns for our trip next weekend, and bunches of travel trial size stuffs. her mom and dad bought me a set of luggage, a sweater, the nancy grace book (oh how i love her), gloves, and i know for a fact i am forgetting something. from cait there was clothes from hollister and ae, nascar video game, sara evans cd, universal ipod dock that works with my remote control on the computer, she also bought extra stuff for my stocking.
i left to go play with my youngest cousin who rocks my socks off. he called a million times that morning asking me to come play foosball (sp), ping pong, and ps2. i did because everyone in my house was a sleep. my mom, dad, and brother came down around 4. christmas dinner was the best yet. so amazing to have the whole family together and laughing and all participating in the same convo. definately should do that more than twice a year.
new years eve i spent with cpg and her mom and dad and our neice and nephew. so cute. i put maddox to bed after charlie and the chocolate factory was over (johnny depp version, FREAKY). he cried a bit but was quiet as soon as i shut the door. since his sister was born in september he sleeps in the big boy bed so addy can have the crib. i attatched the bed rail so he couldnt fall out. not ten minutes later i heard footsteps above. i ran up stairs and he had gotten out of the bed and couldnt figure out how to get back in! he was laying in the floor. i laughed really hard. we drank champagne and played tj's trivia game. FUN. i came home shortly after midnight and laughed with my brother and his buddy slade. they coerced me to taste jack and coke. GROSS! didnt like that shit at all!
the break has been wonderful. i have read ALOT, the new wynonna book twice. slept. played on the mac. dropped my laptop on the power cord so it has been shipped out to replace a dead spot in the screen from forever ago and the power plug. after an argument cait bought me a dvd/vcr combo thing and it FREAKIN ROCKS! i have watched videos i had recorded of wynonna, mle, tc, and sugarland on the tv! my vcr broke and only one *dvd or vcr* could be hooked up with the tivo.
i went to the outlets to swap my dad's house shoes...and i got my chain wallet that i posted about a couple days ago! i bought cait the black polo she has been wanting for quite a while.
tomorrow we are going to see broke mountain or whatever it is. cait is dying for that.
yesterday morning my childhood friend chris' wife brooke gave birth to christopher david max brimer. congrats to them!
so that was long. sorry. perhaps i should be better at keeping up....or maybe nobody reads this anyways.
hope the holidays were pleasant for everyone else
