Re: Post that shit on your Livejournal
Posted: 24 Nov 2007 23:51
Well I had a pretty shitty Thanksgiving.
Normally I drive down to be with my Dad (he's basically my only family) and on the actual day he plops two cheap steaks on a Foreman grill at lunchtime and that is Thanksgiving dinner.
Which is fine by me, family-oriented holidays are more hassles for me than anything nowadays. I would rather not get presents on Christmas because basically I don't really want things. If I do want something I get it myself, because it's easier to get what you want yourself than to make other people guess.
Plus I hate the guessing what to get other people. It's bad enough that my Dad is like me in the not-wanting-things department. Last Christmas I got him a shelf to put some of his CDs on and some new pillows, and that was honestly the best things I could have gotten him. I've already started thinking on what to get him this year, but it's kind of useless until I actually get down there and see what he needs.
Really the whole point of me going home for Christmas and Thanksgiving is that I'm going home.
But I didn't this time because my girlfriend was really insistent that I go to her family's Thanksgiving (apparently they really wanted to get to know me better) this year when I indicated I was worried about the cost of gas for the trip (I'm low on funding right now).
Now usually when her family has a get-together they go to her grandfather's lake house and it's an all-day affair. That's what I thought it was this time. But it turns out this year Thanksgiving was an hour-and-a-half at Ryans where nobody spoke to me.
Seems kind of like a waste of my time when I only see my Dad 3-4 times a year.
So basically the rest of the day was me watching marathons on TV by myself, feeling guilty about not going home.
Good stuff.
Normally I drive down to be with my Dad (he's basically my only family) and on the actual day he plops two cheap steaks on a Foreman grill at lunchtime and that is Thanksgiving dinner.
Which is fine by me, family-oriented holidays are more hassles for me than anything nowadays. I would rather not get presents on Christmas because basically I don't really want things. If I do want something I get it myself, because it's easier to get what you want yourself than to make other people guess.
Plus I hate the guessing what to get other people. It's bad enough that my Dad is like me in the not-wanting-things department. Last Christmas I got him a shelf to put some of his CDs on and some new pillows, and that was honestly the best things I could have gotten him. I've already started thinking on what to get him this year, but it's kind of useless until I actually get down there and see what he needs.
Really the whole point of me going home for Christmas and Thanksgiving is that I'm going home.
But I didn't this time because my girlfriend was really insistent that I go to her family's Thanksgiving (apparently they really wanted to get to know me better) this year when I indicated I was worried about the cost of gas for the trip (I'm low on funding right now).
Now usually when her family has a get-together they go to her grandfather's lake house and it's an all-day affair. That's what I thought it was this time. But it turns out this year Thanksgiving was an hour-and-a-half at Ryans where nobody spoke to me.
Seems kind of like a waste of my time when I only see my Dad 3-4 times a year.
So basically the rest of the day was me watching marathons on TV by myself, feeling guilty about not going home.
Good stuff.