Holy Heebie-Geebies

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Which is when we celebrate Christmas in my family. Dannngg. Where did the time go? I typed up a post last week, but the USB to which I saved it was left at my parents’ house, so I’ll upload that sometime next week. So this past week, I’ve been hanging out at my sister’s house. We don’t really do much, but it’s always fun spending time with my sister and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, Brad, recently got Elder Scrolls: Skyrim for his PS3, and I’ve gotten a chance to play it quite a bit as well. It’s preeeeetty awesome. It’s ridiculous how much you can customize your character; it feels like it should be an MMORPG. Surprisingly, I haven’t gotten addicted to it yet. It might be because I’m still getting used to the controls and gameplay. I’ve pretty much got my Christmas gifts done for the family. I made everyone a snuggie, except for my mom. I thought of making socks for her, but I no longer have time to get it done before Christmas. I feel kinda cheap for buying her something when I made something for everyone else. My sister and I have gone shopping a lot during this week. She received a ton of coupons, which is why we went shopping in the first place. I’m pretty pleased with my purchases. I bought some new makeup, a sweater/cardigan type thing, and this little owl-shaped doohickey to neatly wind my earbuds around when they’re not in use. My sister used the coupons more for Christmas shopping. Duuuude. I am sooo excited for Christmas day because Brad is proposing to my sister on Sunday. He’s been planning for a while, but money constraints have kept him from popping the question any sooner. He asked my parents for their blessing sometime in November. I accidentally found him in the jewelry store making the purchase after he wouldn’t answer his phone multiple times while we were all in the mall. I think it’s safe to assume that my sister just expects to receive “regular” jewelry. Bwuh, I wish I could be there for when he actually proposes, but alas, I have to head back to my parents house because we are spending Christmas Eve with the extended family tomorrow. My cat has been staying with them, while I took Toto with me so he could hang out with Gus and Lucy, my sister’s dogs. Apparently Jager has been having a ball getting the house all to himself. He’ll probably be super bewildered on Sunday if Teresa and Brad bring their dogs with them (if they can stay overnight). Oh, I’m so excited for Sunday. Pretty sure my parents consider the engagement as a type special Christmas gift. Some of the extended family has been asking about them getting married for a while too. Is gonna be AWESUM. On another cool note, Brad taught me how to drive stick shift in his Jeep today. It was pretty chilly, especially as there were no doors and he had taken the top off of it a while back during nicer weather, but it was still fun. My legs were actually too short to comfortably reach the pedals, so the work I had to put into pushing the clutch all the way when shifting gears had me sweating a little bit. I picked up shifting the gears pretty quick, but starting from a stop is gonna take a while. I’m so excited for the next time I visit and can drive it some more. Of course, there’s always a chance that it won’t be here the next time I visit, since Brad has been planning to sell it for a long while, but hasn’t because he’s been fixing it up. I’mma totally get a stick shift when I buy my own car. Like in ten years or whatever. IT’S GONNA HAPPEN. This Christmas will probably the my favorite/best Christmas for a while. It’s a good thing almost no one knows about this blog (especially my sister), otherwise I’d be a total blabbermouth.