Christmas

I feel bad that I have totally neglected my blog for the the past few weeks, so here is a post to update my life. I somehow managed to get all of my Christmas shopping finished within two weeks, because I put it off until finals were over. Next year, I hope to start in November, before I need to study for finals, but who knows if that will really happen. Some years I am good about shopping early, and some I am hurrying at the last minute. It doesn't help that I had 4 birthday presents to buy in December as well!

Even though it felt like a whirlwind, Christmas was really good this year, with a few exceptions. Work let us out at 1:00 pm on Christmas eve, which was totally awesome because I didn't feel like working at all that day. I played KOIT online, which was all Christmas songs, and managed to get some work done. Later that day, G and I picked up my mom and brother and drove to my aunt's house across town. Christmas eve was full of too much food, but was nice overall, except for the end of the night when my brother was belligerently drunk.

Christmas day was good. We started our day at G's dad's house and celebrated with my father-in-law, his girlfriend, and G's aunt. We all spoke with G's sister over the phone, then sat down to a yummy breakfast. After breakfast, we opened presents and relaxed until the afternoon. We left for mom's house to celebrate with her and bro, opened presents, and had an awesome prime rib dinner. After chatting with mom for a while, G and I went home and opened our gifts to each other.

G spoiled me this Christmas, but his excuse was that he was making up for not really getting me any birthday gifts this year (things were a little hectic with the wedding!). He gave me a pair of tall black Uggs, some Yankee candles, a cute kitty desk calendar, a Dooney & Burke purse and matching wallet, a beautiful palm tree necklace pendant encrusted with emeralds and a diamond, and gorgeous ruby earrings with a diamond on each. G went way overboard, which explains why he has been working so much over time lately! I gave G the new AC/DC and Metallica cds, 4 dvds, two shirts, a set of screwdrivers and a set of drill bits. I felt like I didn't get him enough after all he got me, but he said he received plenty of gifts. The kitties enjoyed their gifts of new toys. We saved their presents for last, because it is always fun to watch them with their new toys!

Shopping and baking

This weekend was pretty fun, for once, except for the 49ers losing yesterday. On Saturday, my mom and I went to Union Square to go shopping for ourselves, since most of our upcoming shopping will be for others. Surprisingly, we did not buy much. We both bought two bras at Victoria's Secret, which was a necessity, because neither of us have purchased bras for quite a while. My old bras are starting to fall apart and show their age, so I am glad to have some new ones to "perk" me up again. I also bought three shirts at Old Navy, but I think I am going to return one because it does not really look good on me after all. Mom had fun seeing the city, even though she said it looks a lot filthier than the last time she shopped there. I guess the street vendors and homeless people reminded her too much of Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley.

Sunday was pretty much a stay at home and get some stuff done day, as usual, except that G actually stayed home all day as well. I baked a whole bunch of cookies for the Thanksgiving potluck at work tomorrow, plus some for us and mom and my brother. They are a triple chocolate chip cookie with oatmeal and they turned out pretty good. The baking also helped warm up the apartment a little, although G ended up building a fire in the evening. We had mom over for a barbecue dinner, watched some television, and called it a night.

I guess I should have enjoyed the fire G built last night even more than I did, because tonight is a spare the air night and we are not allowed to burn anything. I guess I will just have to turn up the thermostat when I get home from work so we do not freeze tonight. Thank goodness our comforter is so warm!

They finally won!

Woo hoo! The 49ers finally won a game! Even though they played a really crappy team, the Niners finally won! After sitting on the couch most of the weekend with a bruised/tweaked ankle, a victory was great. I am a little bit scared about next week's game against the Cowboys, but the Niners definitely showed a lot of improvement yesterday.

Yeah, my ankle was not happy this weekend. I think the shoes that I wore Friday made my foot upset, because I did not notice any pain or swelling until Friday night when I was wearing my harmless slippers. G thinks it is sympathy pain for his swollen and painful knee, which was the result of smacking the trailer hitch on his truck really hard. The only good thing is that I survived today with minimal pain and I was able to walk to BART this morning.

I did make some really yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies this weekend, and G has really been enjoying them. He still complains about his knee pain, but that's how men are. He tells me to suck it up and walk to BART this morning because I have been "babying" my ankle, yet he still bitches about his knee. Men!

The hurt husband and kitty olympics

This morning, after my alarm went off, G asked if today was Friday. I totally wish it was but it is only Thursday, which also happens to be the longest day of the week for me. At least we are almost done with the work week. I feel bad for G because he hurt his knee Tuesday night by accidentally smacking it on the trailer hitch on his truck, and yesterday it was painful and swollen. Luckily the swelling went down overnight, but I am afraid that it will just come back today because he is on his feet all day at work doing physical activity. Also, he does not have medical coverage right now, so I hope it is not something that becomes really serious.

This morning, Mickey was super hyper. I wish I could bottle some of that energy for myself, especially because tonight is a school night. I do not know what got into Mickey, but he was sprinting all over the apartment with his claws out. I think I better buy some nail clippers for him during my next Petco excursion so the furniture and carpeting do not get ruined during his morning craziness. I felt sorry for Bear this morning because Mickey kept pouncing on him and biting him while he was trying to sleep. I think Bear wishes that he was the only cat in the apartment when Mickey is playing rough with him. Thank god Mickey calms down as the day goes on. The best is at night when they cuddle together and fall asleep. It is so adorable to see their heads buried into each other's shoulders.