Christmas revisited

Merry belated Christmas.....hope yours was positively grrrreat. My family and I all went to my grandma's house for Christmas. You can see a few of the pictures of my family and some of the places we visited during the last few days below. My mini-vacation started off well....we went out to eat, stayed up and watched some tv, and we actually got along most of the time. We went up to Gilroy and Salinas on the 23rd for some shopping, and stopped off in King City, my old stomping ground. We went up to Santa Maria on the 24th. It was a beautiful day. It was so nice and warm and just sunny and cheery. So unlike Bakersfield, which I heard was cold and foggy. On a few occasions, my brother was his usual punk-self, and my dad was somewhat of a grumpy gus one evening, but for the most part it went well for everyone.....everyone but me that is. You see, I got sick....pukey sick, on Christmas morning, and spent most of Christmas day laying in bed and sleeping. Either it was something I ate, or I got the flu again. Figures! I didn't get sick on Turkey Day, so I HAD to get sick on Christmas. I am feelin' a little better now, just weak from not eating and kinda dehydrated. I overestimated myself today and got me a Pollo Bowl from El Pollo Loco (MMMM good), and ate about 1/4 of it, and now I feel icky again. But I was hungry!!! My family all went out to eat for Christmas dinner and I stayed back at my grandma's laying in bed, but they were nice enough to bring me back a piece of banana cake (which is still in the fridge - I will eat it when I feel better). I had a nice Christmas though, despite the pukeage. I got some perfume (which smells soooooo good), a necklace (gotta love the jewelry!!!), a cool Zen garden and Sonic coupons (thank you Veronica!!), some soft slippers and the softest, warmest, cutest robe ever (thank you Alicia!!), a cute little angel candle (thank you Arlene!!), and lots of jammers and clothes from my grandma and folks. Of course there was also the candy and cookies and oh my gosh sweets, which, if I had anymore of right now, I would probably explode! And now that it is all over, I feel better. I think the holidaze blues are behind me ...for this year. I am going to leave up my Christmas tree til New Year's though. I love the softness of the lights and the feeling it brings to walk into my living room to see it all lit up. I can't explain it really. It just makes it feel more like home. But next year, I promise to get my shopping done earlier!