10:24 pm - December 24, 2004
Merry Christmas Eve
Woo, Merry Christmas! Yay for the birth of Jesus...the reason for the season!
Tonight I got to spend some time with the Copeland side of the family. The smell of Christmas on that side? Mexican food and beer. Yummmmmy. Yeah, Aunt Stephanie made Mexican, and my aunts and uncles drank for most of the night. Ahh, I'm so proud. I swear though, they can't go 30 minutes without having to take a smoke break. It's ridiculous. They're constantly disappearing in masses to smoke. It's precious. I got $50 from my grandmother, which is going straight into my Barbados fund. My other favorite thing are these wonderfully comfy socks from my Aunt Michelle. They're great.
I actually sat down and talked to my cousin Josh. I mean, Josh is only, what, 3 years older than me, and we used to get along really well when we were younger. But now...he's a lot different from me. He had to drop out of high school and he didn't go to college. He's led a completely different life than I had, and he's very quiet and reserved. He treats his brothers amazingly though. I mean, he's 23; he could care less about his 2 and 4 year old brothers, right? But no, they love him, and he loves them. He's only 4 years younger than his step-mom. And I don't know when he last saw his real mother. But we talked for a little bit, and I wish we talked more because he's a great kid.
Anyway, yesterday I shoveled snow, and I'm really sore from it. Of course, my idea of shoveling snow partly consists of me throwing myself into the snow and just lying there, being a dork. It was a good time had by all. Then I went to Kim's for Girl's Night. We ate pizza and then opened each other's presents. I gave them both Napoleon Dynamite on DVD. They gave me a gorgeous pink scarf and a pink long-sleeved shirt (which I'm wearing right now). Brinny also gave both of us Goodwill VHS copies of a New Kids on the Block video. We watched Kim's and just laughed hysterically at how ridiculous it was. (5 times! Nah....) Donnie Wahlberg could NOT sing at all, just for the record.
After Karla got there, we made cookies and watched the OC. Then we watched Napoleon Dynamite and Boy Meets World and fell asleep after some ridiculous conversation. I tossed and turned a lot, so I am really tired from a severe lack of sleep. Oh well, it's not like I have anything to do tomorrow but open presents and watch movies with the family.
I'm trying to recall the rest of the week. Monday I was going to go out with the guys and Jordan, but I was too sick. Tuesday, Jordan and I went shopping. It was frustrating being stuck in the ridiculous traffic at Castleton, but we had fun nonetheless being yelled at by a very old man who really wanted to get into Best Buy. Then we went to Taco Bell and Forward, and then we went back to his house and watched the Amazing Race (which I don't think he minded too much) and Love Actually (One of the greatest movies ever). Then he brought me home.
Wednesday...I know that I didn't see Jordan, but I don't really remember much. I know I shoveled half of the driveway. And we got the Jeep back, and I got to be the first to drive it! I missed it terribly. It's my baby. I probably didn't do much that night but sit on my butt. And Thursday was yesterday, and I hung out here until going to Kim's.
I miss my friends terribly. I know that Kristen had her great-aunt die, and Jeannie has had surgery, and I just want to see both of them. I miss Eric, and I know he got to take Nena out to the Black Buggy tonight for her birthday, so I hope that went well for him. And I miss Peter. I know he got to spend a lot of time with Amanda when he first got home. And I miss Brian Maloney, who I have not heard much from. I just know that I miss him. It's rough.
But I love seeing my friends from home. I tend to forget just how much I love them when I'm at school. They're so completely wonderful. Things are a lot different here though. I don't really know how to describe it, but just my friends are different, the atmosphere is different. I'm not sure which person I really am. Am I the person that I am at home or the person that I am when I'm at school? I like both of them, and I just don't understand. I gotsta go though. I think I'm going to go to bed after Heart and Soul is over and I cry at the end again.
I miss Jordan.
Love Always,
Alison
