home sweet home?
May. 9th, 2003 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elvendoll...i feel like i haven't been here in ages...
so far, being here has been all right.
i got in last night, after forcing myself to drive "slow" (trying really hard to keep the speed under 85) and still making it here here in about 3 hours and 45mins.
my mom an i spent some time finishing up watching an old home video she had on, from my stepdad's 35th birthday, talking/disagreeing on various subjects and then setting up my bed.
when i finally got downstairs and took my hoodie off, my mom looked at me for about a minute and asked "where did your boobs go?", to which i came back with "i don't know, i've been trying to find them for about a month"
this morning, i got to get abi from her crib, and took her right downstairs to try on her prezzies, so i could take the tags off before my mom saw them. both the dresses i got her fit (even though she is 3, and one was labeled for 4yrs and one for 5yrs), and my mom liked them and appreciated the fact that i decided not to add to the overflowing trunk of toys she already has.
i also showed my mom her would-be present, and she both appreciated the sentiment and was glad i didn't go through with buying it - this might be a trick worth sharing with debbie - simply finding a thoughtful present and showing a picture of it vs. buying it could be useful through the years.
tomorrow, debbie gets her present. i know she won't like it, and that's just fine - this is a chore present, her fun present isn't going to be given till her bat mitzvah next month. i'm going to be a cruel and evil sister, and hand her the genealogy software in front of the grandparents, so they know to nag her about actually using it.
i don't have any social plans for while i'm here... and at some moments, i'm okay with this, and at others, i feel like i'm trapped here and need to go out.
c'est la vie
so far, being here has been all right.
i got in last night, after forcing myself to drive "slow" (trying really hard to keep the speed under 85) and still making it here here in about 3 hours and 45mins.
my mom an i spent some time finishing up watching an old home video she had on, from my stepdad's 35th birthday, talking/disagreeing on various subjects and then setting up my bed.
when i finally got downstairs and took my hoodie off, my mom looked at me for about a minute and asked "where did your boobs go?", to which i came back with "i don't know, i've been trying to find them for about a month"
this morning, i got to get abi from her crib, and took her right downstairs to try on her prezzies, so i could take the tags off before my mom saw them. both the dresses i got her fit (even though she is 3, and one was labeled for 4yrs and one for 5yrs), and my mom liked them and appreciated the fact that i decided not to add to the overflowing trunk of toys she already has.
i also showed my mom her would-be present, and she both appreciated the sentiment and was glad i didn't go through with buying it - this might be a trick worth sharing with debbie - simply finding a thoughtful present and showing a picture of it vs. buying it could be useful through the years.
tomorrow, debbie gets her present. i know she won't like it, and that's just fine - this is a chore present, her fun present isn't going to be given till her bat mitzvah next month. i'm going to be a cruel and evil sister, and hand her the genealogy software in front of the grandparents, so they know to nag her about actually using it.
i don't have any social plans for while i'm here... and at some moments, i'm okay with this, and at others, i feel like i'm trapped here and need to go out.
c'est la vie
