December 21, 2010

  • Christmas-time at home

    Christmas 2010 is bound to be interesting.  There will be lots of firsts.

    First of all, it's not a first, but I haven't been home AT Christmas time since 2007.

    Now for the firsts:
    - My maternal uncle has been living with my parents for well over a year.  I'm not sure I've ever spent a Christmas with him.

    - Taking Coupon of course is a big first.  I've had my parents meet 1-2 guys I was dating, but never in a "bring them home to meet the parents" kind-of-way and they were never as serious, and long-term as my relationship with Coupon.

    - Though he won't be at my parents' home for Christmas, my nephew turns 1 on 12/30/10, so this is his first Christmas.

    - I might actually get to meet my brother's girlfriend (nephew's momma) -- they've been dating like more than two years.  That will be a first.

    I can't think of anymore firsts, but I'm pretty excited.  We leave here on Thursday evening and if all goes as planned we'll land in STL about 8:30 am on Friday.  We'll get our rental car and drive to my parents' about 2 hours west of STL and stay there til Monday.

    Monday we'll come back to STL and hang with Mandy and her husband and anyone else who is around.  Coupon has some places he wants to see that he saw on the Food Network or Travel Channel or one of those stations, so we'll try and hit both of those places.

    Wednesday we'll drive 2.5 hours east of STL to my hometown in KY.  We'll see my brother, his girlfriend and my nephew.  We'll probably take them to dinner and hopefully see them for the nephew's birthday on Thursday before heading back.  Oh, of course I have to show Coupon around my hometown and maybe even across the river to the Home of Superman!

    Back to STL on Thursday because Friday night we're going to a St. Louis Blues game with a grad school friend and her husband.  That's also New Year's Eve, so who knows what we'll do after the game to ring in the new year, but I've historically spent it with Mandy if I'm around.

    We leave Saturday late afternoon, overnight in Seattle and we're back in the land of the midnight sun (not this time of year) Sunday a.m. with hopefully plenty of time to recuperate before work on Monday!

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