Christmas 2009: It started with bitching and ended with bitching. We all awoke at about 9:30ish, but Grandma being the early bird that she is got up before us, hours before. So there was the lecture about this ''being a family event and us being asleep so late is rude. I didn't come all the way to Australia just to watch people sleep. We're supposed to be together, how are we ment to do that with everyone in separate rooms? If I wanted to be alone I should have just stayed in Canada..etc''
So after everyone got dressed we sat down to a very tense breakfast. Grandma did not approve of us eating Cossonts and listening to the radio as it wasn't Christmas Carols. "If we have this on we only listen to Christmas Carols!". WTF
FINALLY we got to the gift giving part. We all sat down and distributed the prezzies, then sat there content opening them to see what surprises we would be getting.
I got a cook book, a book, a book on painting dragons, a dance mat, a video camera, two playstation games, seven movies and all of Rozen Maiden.
OH AND A s**t LOAD OF CANDY!
Now Grandma got 3 jumpers off of us, as soon as she opened them she said "Where can I return them?" what.a.b***h Aunty Cheryl was ready to slap her.
After all of that we sat down to lunch and I at so many prawns and lobster I though I would be sick. It was wonderful..until grandma through yet another hissy fit. My brother finished eating and left to play the Wii, what he didn't see coming was the lecture that just never stopped. ''How dare you get up, its rude, this is Christmas, a time for the family to get together and bond. Its rude to leave before everyone else is finished!!" (It went on longer then that but at that point she was just repeating herself) When my brother was close to tears my mum excused him from the table and we continued to eat in silence.
When that was over we all retired into separate rooms and did our own thing. I layed down and watched some Kimi no Todoke. Not sure what everyone else did.
At about 5pm we packed up our goodies to leave for Kylie's place, mum was feeling cold (Its raining)so Grandma gave her one of her jumpers to lend. Then she said that mum can keep it. It was the jumper mum picked out for her. -__-
The ride to Kylie's place was quiet with mum silently fuming as she drove. I feared for my life.
At Kylie's mum went on her rant while I admired my gift from Doug (Mums Boyfriend/Kylie's Brother)
Isn't it sexy? I'm gonna learn to play it. biggrin
This Xmas, though I got cool s**t, was so tense and stressful. I wish Grandma would leave already.
T.Strange · Fri Dec 25, 2009 @ 07:28am · 0 Comments |