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Published on December 19, 2004 By Sally jacobs In Misc
I shouldn't be writing this blog. I'm in a horrible mood. Due to many things. Which I will share here, I suppose. It might make me feel less grumpy though I doubt it. I decided I would throw myself into the xmas festivities. With Christmas there is two paths you can go down, you can either be like the grinch, moan at everything and whinge and moan some more, or you can embrace it, and enjoy the plus points it has to offer. I decided a little embracing. Last night I had a xmas party to go to, and a family xmas party to attend. I got my dates confused, and they both ended up on the same night. So I decided to split my night in half and do some of the xmas party first, and then come home to the party, sounds like a plan huh. You always see people over xmas that you spend the rest of the year trying to avoid or at least I did. Lets start with the trauma that was the xmas party. It was my friends party, and she had chosen to invite quite a few of her friends, and their partners to this party. Which is all well and good. Except, I don't know how to word this properly. A friend of hers has started going out with my ex boyfriend. An ex boyfriend that isn't a very nice person at all. A person I would rather not be in the same place as. So when I saw them there I had two options. Walk out, and go home. Or stay and bare it for my friend, and not make a scene. I stayed, hoping that I wouldn't have to mix with them at all. My friend was really apologetic, though I'm sure she knew about it, and just didn't tell me because she wanted me to show up. Ex's are horrible creatures. Horrible. He found it impossible to leave me alone, and ended up telling me he loved me and wanted me back. Blah. I left after that. My night could only get better, right?

Wrong. Then to the family party, which was obviously a warm up for xmas day. Wow, I'm really looking forward to that day now. Everyone sees xmas as family coming together, and making up, and putting stuff behind them. Sometimes it's not possible to do that, sometimes you just have to live with the fact that you can't live together, and instead of ruining xmas spending it with people we can't stand, we should spend it with those people we really want to spend it with. My family isn't so bad in small doses. It's when they all get together, and have consumed a great deal of alcohol, that they become annoying. My Mum is hell bent that we will all get together, and like each other, and enjoy each others company. I tried, for a short time. I really did. Small talk isn't one of my strong points, and relatives can get embarrassing pretty quick. So I retired to my bedroom with a bottle of vodka, my sister, and the football. Ahh Merry Xmas to all! Me and my sister haven't been getting on to well lately. Madison hasn't been well. She's got an ear infection. My sister hasn't been getting any sleep, and as you can tell I'm just an xmas grump, so we've just clashed really.

Kermits being funny. I think. I don't know. I think he's avoiding me, which is probably a good thing the mood I'm in at the moment, because I'd probably say many things I'd regret. Grrrr.....don't ya just love xmas. I woke up today, not long ago as it goes, with an awful hangover, and a party to clear up. Yay. So happy!

Comments
on Dec 19, 2004
Happy Xmas !
blah, I hate christmas...christmas without my boyfriend :/
on Dec 19, 2004
A Happy Bah Humbug to you I think it was good of you to at least try to be happy for the parties.
on Dec 19, 2004
Sorry to hear you had such a horrid party.

>> Everyone sees xmas as family coming together, and making up, and putting stuff behind them. Sometimes it's not possible to do that, sometimes you just have to live with the fact that you can't live together, and instead of ruining xmas spending it with people we can't stand, we should spend it with those people we really want to spend it with.

Good point. I know what you mean by that - I go through the same thing around chinese new year, that's when we have our reunions.

on Dec 20, 2004
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on Dec 20, 2004
Hmmm... I myself would enjoy the holiday if it wasn't for the fact that in America they try to start it RIGHT after Haloween...I'm already LONG sick of Christmas...

I feel bad that your family get togethers go so poorly My family gather'ings are the exact opposite... We're all annoying to each other UNTIL the alchohol kicks in.... then it's all laughter and the tradition of someone stumblingdrunkenly and knocking over the tree.

The worst part about my family getting together is that my uncle and aunt, parents and grandma, ALL keep pestering me and my step-cousin (not blood related...) that we'd make a cute couple.... and to me that's just horribly wrong. I've known her since she was 5 years old (she's 19 now) and she's like a little sister... *shudders*


Now my alchoholic's tip.... on a night of binge drinking... or just drinking till your shit faced... drink a lot of water or gatorade once finished drinking... the majority of a hangover is your body being dehydrated... if you hydrate yourself some you can normally bypass most all of the hangover

Hope things get better!