Shiny objects

As usual, I was quite spoiled this Christmas.

All of my cousins in my family are blessed with fairly healthy egos due to the incredible support system we all grew up with. Despite our mocking of each other at times, I know all my aunts and uncles (besides my parents) think that I am pretty awesome and would do almost anything for me. However, that feeling is always strongest when you are the baby of the family, and thus there have always been a few hurt feelings between us and our next youngest cousin.

Point of reference - this Christmas Eve I was chilling at the parents, watching my very favourite Christmas movie - White Christmas. I tweeted/facebooked about it and my older cousin Z (not to be confused with the best friend Z) commented it was also her favourite. I asked if she remembered me doing command performances of 'Sisters' for years - and she responded she did her best to ignore me until I was about 10 or so, which I definitely remember. I was a bit of a brat I admit, but she took the whole not being the only girl a little hard too ;).

In any case, despite no longer being the youngest by a long shot (the title now being held by my absolutely adorable baby cousin - see her in her First Christmas finery here), I was still super spoiled with lots of lovely (SHINY!) jewelry, stuff for around my house and as always, some Starbucks money to make those latte runs less of an extravagance.

Speaking of spoiled - am heading off tonight to go see Legally Blonde the Musical and am SO excited, will get to spend time with some of my undergraduate besties, we may even have a pink drink or two, which are even better than shiny things at times.

Sick :(

Ugh, I have been suffering with a horrific cold for over a week now. I think it is the result of me overextending myself too much. Work is great and interesting, but also really busy and with a almost always overfilled social schedule... I think something had to give.

I don't know if its an only child thing, the need to get out and see other people, but I find it REALLY hard to turn down plans even when I know its time to stay home for reasons of either physical or financial health. The idea of missing out on a good time is kind of hard. My old roommate has told me that since I've moved out she has had so much more free time on her hands since she no longer has an in house social secretary booking her for almost every night of the week ;).

In any case, I've actually returned home to my parents for the past few days to recuperate and abuse their cable television. My mother and I did a bit of wrapping this afternoon and the tree is getting piled with presents! I've had a bit of a tough time getting into the feel of the season but I am now really, really for it to be Christmas.

In case I don't get a chance to get back on here before tomorrow night - Merry Christmas to all!

Hi again

Did ya miss me?

I know it's been a while but I think we all needed a break after NaBloPoMo, me from coming up with posting topics, you from reading whatever inanity I had decided was blog worthy that day.

I would like to say that since the end of NaBloPoMo, i have used that extra twenty minutes a day I finally had for productive purposes, started knitting, reading smart books, exercising, etc., but with the onset of the holiday season and my new job getting craaaaazy busy, I haven't really (except for starting the 'Remains of the Day' which is excellent so far). I am pretty sure that extra twenty minutes has gone to staring blankly at other blogs, or the tv, if my eyes are not half closed as I doze. December is exhausting.

I don't mean exhausting as terrible, there have been some great moments, but being busy is hard! (*cough*firstworldproblems *cough*). Also, the fact that my new commute and work location does not have any convenient coffee places makes it all the harder without even a prospect of my latte in my day (unless some of my awesome coworkers DRIVE to the nearest Starbucks and bring me back my cinnamon dolce latte just in time for a 2 hour videoconference as occurred on Friday - that was great).

I am currently writing this post all gussied up, sitting on the edge of my bed, waiting to get picked up to go to a wine and cheese a co-worker is throwing. I'm trying layering tights tonight, black lace over grey for a little bit of extra warmth, inspired by the lovely ladies at Academichic. I have been listening to bouncy music to gear myself up for a party, I attended the funeral for one of my great uncles today, and while the service was lovely, especially the military parts incorporated, and I love seeing my family, its still a somewhat emotional experience. But I have come home, splashed water on my face, redid my makeup and am ready to face the world! Though that glass of wine will really help.

Hope you have fun wherever you are heading/up to tonight!