Christmas

Well, Christmas was fun. C: Of the three things I asked for- an under-tank heater for Aven, an Annie Dillard book, and the Striking 12 Songbook- I got two (all but the songbook, since they couldn’t buy it in stores or on Amazon so my mom decided it didn't exist, even though I showed them where to buy it). That was great. :D I also got a bunch of shirts (which I suppose I could use, but they sure aren’t very exciting), more pretzels (three pounds now, counting Madison’s bag), a little candy and microwave popcorn, and a very cool book of dragon art (called Dragon Art too… someone’s creative), and the second book in the Prospero’s Children series (plus an assurance I was getting the third one for my birthday… just 5 months to wait *wriggles*).

The best thing about the Dragon Art book is that I know (well, have briefly talked to over the internet… xD) quite a few of the authors in there! I thought that was really exciting, even if it was lacking in Lockwood (the true dragon-art king) art. There was tons of Kerem Beyit, who is simply amazing and has a Lockwood-ish style. You should all look him up on dA.

I also ate lots of rolls, toffee, potato chips, and potatoes. Chris found the whole almond in his rice pudding, which was funny because as Lisa served him she said to me, “I hope this one has the almond, because then when he wins the chocolate he’ll give it to me,” but when he won it, he didn’t share with her. Maddox (Lisa and Chris’ seven-month old baby) is totally adorable now, although his face looks surprisingly like the baby Grinch’s. xD I never held him, but I admired him plenty. Lisa, thank heavens, isn’t nearly as protective of him now either. Originally, you had to wash your hands before you held him, couldn’t actually touch his skin, couldn’t let him suck on your fingers… etc. She’s caught on that we aren’t going to kill him though, so things are much better.

Still, this was all at my grandparents house so I was also fairly bored. I prefer being home, with my own room and my computer and so much more I can do, not to mention normal stairs rather than their insanely steep ones. I also had to share a hide-a-bed with Katy, which means I had to spend the night half off the lumpy mattress and basically blanketless. When I get married, something I’ll look for in a husband is that they don’t take over the bed when they sleep (which’ll probably be kind of awkward to ask about but heck… if we’re in love we’re not likely to realize how awkward everything we do is, right? o.O)

Finally we came home Saturday afternoon. I fed Aven, set up his new heater, watched some TV (which I have to write another blog about o.o), and then got on the computer to write this and catch up on stuff I’d missed on my two days away…

Holy cow, I checked my e-mail to get a message from dA saying Ayra had bought me a Premium membership.

I’m just… wow. That’s real money she’s spending on someone she’s never physically met and I am quite in awe. (Another thing to gasp about is that we both got penguin PJs, lol)

<3 All in all, it was a very good Christmas.