Here and gone
Ok I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone. It's insane! I've had the most relaxing time since I've been home-for many reasons. This is the first time I've stayed home this long in a LONG time, and I'm really dreading going back tomorrow. I've enjoyed not having much responsibility--just laying around the house watching tv with my mother, drinking wine, talking, eating GOOD home cooked food. I adore my two nephews and my niece-it's been great seeing them--and they've asked me to spend the night with them EVERY NIGHT I've been home. Though I would love to say I had the energy, I could only muster enough up for three nights since I've been here. My oldest nephew is now 10, GOD I feel old--I remember how special it was when he was born and now he's turning into a little man. He's obsessed with Star Wars. Last year I got him the old trilogy on DVD--hoping he would give me back my original trilogy VHS tapes he had stolen. haha Those videos were seriously some of the first to come out in the 80s. Hunter (my nephew) now has ME obsessed with Star Wars. I had never seen ANY of the newer ones, and really had no clue what they were about. Well I've seen the first and third one and I really enjoy them...so I may have to invest in getting all of these and having a Star Wars marathon sometime. Anyways...
Christmas eve was fun...Christmas eve has always been when the Randolph's get together. Unfortunately there's not many of us left in the area--everyone in Ohio has either died or moved away and the remaining family is in the good old South-where we come from. My step sister (who I adore) and her daughter flew in from Colorado (now moving to Florida) and so it was great to see her...but then my step mom informs us that all of her family will be joining us for Christmas eve. I really do love her family--but with her family generally comes a lot of drama. So I started drinking a bottle of wine around 4:30 on Christmas even...went to church (I'm bad...I was a tad intoxicated in church) and then drank a 24 before going into the house. So needless to say I was very well equipped for what would be an interesting evening. It was rather enjoyable with the usual food that I always look foward to...turkey, ham, oyster soup, lobster, potato salad, my sister's delicious broccolli caserole, tons of pies, and so much more). My buzz was killed around 9:00 and that's when everyone pretty much took off.
It has been a tradition for the past 4 years that my mom and I stay over at my brother-in-law and sister's house because my adorable nephews and niece always used to beg us to be there in the morning when they opened gifts. And since my mom and I are the single ones in the family we've made a tradition of it. I went over and spent the night when them only to wake up wide awake at 2:30 a.m. I couldn't get back to sleep and didn't want to wake everyone else up so I decided to go back over home (about 6 minutes away) and watch tv and then just come back in the morning before everyone got up. I ended up going home and not being able to get to sleep until 5:30...YIKES! I woke up at 7 a.m. to a sweet text message that made my day, and then rushed over to my sisters to find that everyone had JUST woken up. The kids got a TON of presents! I mainly got $$$$ which I needed and several other essentials and extras that made me happy. The rest of the day was like CARB HEAVEN...I totally ate way too much food--but I decided to not care yesterday. It was a great day with the family. I came home and went to bed early, only to be awakened by a phone call from my dear friend Hunter Douglas who lives in San Diego. We talked for two hours...it was great and I didn't realize how much I missed him until last night. I promised to visit sometime in the spring--who knows maybe that's where I should be next year.
Well anyways...all this holiday stuff is great--when you're single it pretty much sucks! haha It's so nice to be with family, but I found myself thinking so often how nice it would be to just be with someone special on the holidays.......
LOVE to all!!! Happy new year!
XOXOXOOXOXO
Justin
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