it's late, but I'm not the only one who SHOULD be in bed by now ;)

[floatingleaf]

The weather is officially bipolar. Rain today, snow tomorrow, Arctic freeze again by Christmas Eve. How exciting. Also, my sister just talked me into spending TWO nights at my parents' house this year, instead of one. She & her husband are heading over there on Monday, and they are bringing The Hobbit DVD. Yes, the first one, which I STILL haven't seen. So we can watch it together. And then, on Christmas Eve, we can sneak out to the local theater to see the second one. If mom goes to bed early, that is - otherwise she might not be willing to let us out of her sight... LOL.

I'm not sure if this is the best idea - staying there for so long, I mean (not The Hobbit - I am rather excited about THAT part, to be honest... though probably not as excited as I SHOULD be, for obvious reasons). I might get moody/irritable due to lack of privacy and easy internet access.:P But then again, maybe not. And if I do, then I will know not to repeat this experiment again... LOL. Besides, I can always text burnadette_dpdl and bitch to her about my family and/or about how miserable I am... which will, of course, make everything better.:P Hey, it totally worked on Thanksgiving (she was the one doing most of the bitching at the time, btw - which would make us even...:D).

Anyway... my eloquence is deserting me. Tumblr has eaten my brain, I think. Yes, it is addicting, and SO damn easy, just scrolling down the page, ogling the pretty, laughing at the silly, nodding at the smart/insightful, shaking your head at the weird etc. Sometimes a picture says a thousand words, and sometimes looking at pictures is so soothing/relaxing when you're too tired to string words together. I know I've always said I prefer text-oriented blogs to image-oriented ones - and I guess I still do, when my mind feels fresh and capable of intellectual interaction. But that isn't always so - and it is hardly ever so on a Friday night, LOL. So I shall leave you now with a link to my Tumblr account - which contains mostly the pretty, plus a little bit of the silly once in a while...

http://somnambulisticdecay.tumblr.com/

Feel free to check it out and/or follow if you happen to be on there. I don't post very often, but it is quite possible I might be spending more time on there in the future than I do on here. Just saying...

Comments

[cloudsinvenice]

Oh wow, good luck! It's so hard to judge how that level of exposure to family will go, and often depends so much on everybody's moods/how much cope everyone has left by the time you get together. I hope the Hobbit marathon helps!

We're actually skipping going to my mum's this Christmas for that very reason - not realising R had only one day off, she'd invited some family friends who are much loved but rather difficult. So we were going to stay home, but now he's swapped shifts to work on the day, and I'm going to Mum's, since my tolerance levels are higher. And I'm honestly relieved at avoiding run-ins with extended family over the holiday...

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Well, we only do this once a year, and it's only the five of us (mom, dad, me, my sister & brother-in-law), so it shouldn't be too bad. Extended family is pretty much out of the picture, at least for me; ever since I realized they will never stop asking the same question (When are you getting married?), despite the fact that the answer is never going to change... *sigh*