I got home yesterday from being at my family's various houses for the holidays since New Year's Eve. I hadn't been home for the holidays in nine years, so it was a pretty good experience for me. It felt good to see my mom and dad and my two sisters. It was especially fun to spend some time with my four nephews and two nieces, ages 6-12. They all welcomed me with open arms and were really sweet toward me despite the fact that I have barely seen them for most of their lives. In fact, before this past summer when I went home for my older sister's second wedding, I hadn't seen any of them at ALL except for the oldest one; I saw her briefly when she was four years old.
New Year's Eve was spent at mom and dad's watching movies with the kids, family-type stuff like Race to Witch Mountain, How to Eat Fried Worms and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. At midnight my mom dressed all the kids up nice and warm and let them go outside to light firecrackers and bang on pots and pans. It was pretty funny. I went out with them in my shorts and just stood there laughing, smoking a cigarette and wishing I could be eight years old again.
Friday I went to my oldest sister's HUGE fucking house and that's where we all opened our belated Christmas presents. I got a pair of Long John underwears and Season #1 of True Blood from my mom and dad, both of which you can see in the pic above. I also got a coat and a comforter. HELL YEAH, IT's ALL ABOUT KEEPING WARM and watching vampires FUCK this winter. Or at least I heard that the vampires in True Blood fuck alot. I wonder if they fuck any werewolves? We also played alot of games. We played UNO FLASH, some fast-paced electronic version of that old "Uno" card game I used to play as a kid. We also played "The Sopranos" trivia game. My whole family are Sopranos freaks. I won the game because I had only recently seen the whole series from front to back, this past Fall. When I play these fucking games I want to WIN even if it's against my mom and a bunch of 6-8 year olds. Hahhaaa.
Saturday I went to my youngest sister's house and played Wii for the first time with her kids. I really liked the Wii bowling game, but I sort of sucked at "Guitar Hero." My sister has a bunch of chickens and I went out and helped my brother-in-law go out there and collect eggs from them. They laid twelve that day! I guess they were happy to see me?
Sunday morning I went to church with my mom and youngest sister and actually took communion for the first time in over 25 years. It's a Protestant church and they don't offer it very often, so I lucked out! I'm waiting for some miracles to start happening now. Before I drank the grape juice and nibbled on that little wafer, I said, "Jesus, please let the Vikings beat the Giants today and have the Cowboys beat the Eagles so the Vikings can get a first round bye in the playoffs and get the #2 seed!" All of that actually happened Sunday afternoon, so I might be taking communion more often from now on. Hahahhaa
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