Well its that time of year again, we've been listening to christmas carols since Halloween and the time is almost near where we can say good bye to those horrid songs and move back into the real world. I get to spend 10 days at home, due to a very nice boss, this christmas. Jenn has decided she wants to be martha stewart again and invite everyone over for dinner on christmas day. She always makes a fantastic spread, but I don't get to see her for the entire day, so it will be Dad waking the kids up at 5am to open their presents (yeah you read that right, Dad wakes the kids up) and then off to the kitchen for much chopping and cooking until everyone shows up at 5pm.
That means that I have to solo clean the house!! I hate cleaning, not sure anyone likes it, but I hate it. It shows too, since I do such a crappy job at it. Maybe I'll make Kyle and Tristen do some of it… on christmas day… The Grinch is calling he wants his hat back. Christmas is a very stressful time of year, and with the economy the way it is apparently shop lifting is up 60% since september. If someone you know and love had to steal your present so they could get you something, would you feel as good about receiving it? Give the person something heartfelt and home made, cookies whatever, and tell them look, I wanted to get you the PS3, but I can’t afford it since I lost my job. Of course it would be hard to stuff a PS3 down your pants and walk out a store, but you get the point.
Our house is usually a zoo on Christmas, we over do it every year. Last year (or year before I am sure Jenn will correct me) we bought computers for everyone. Yeah definitely the year before, last year was Gavyn, anyways the tv room had a pile of gifts in it that was about 4 ft high, and 5ft around. You couldn’t even see the tree. Did the kids appreciate it all, no. They loved their computers, but I think we still have one of the gifts we bought downstairs in its box, unopened for 2 years. It is however nice to be able to buy the boys whatever I want whenever I want. I am sure it will not last forever, but while it does I spoil my boys because I love them, and can't be with them as much as I want to. Even when I am with them I don't know how to be with them, some bagage there I know but I'm working on it.
Tristen has gotten closest to me because he reminds me of me, and he plays WOW. We leveled a character together until I was having too much fun and instead of waiting for him kept playing. I quickly pulled too far ahead for us to play together anymore and he's been struggling ever since. Bad dad in the works.
Enjoy your holidays, put the crackberry down for a couple of days and spend time with your loved ones doing whatever it is that they want to do, instead of what you want to do.
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