xmas vacation

i wrote this last week and never had a chance to post....

sleeping in my own bed last night was tough. don't get me wrong, i love my bed in all its comfy-goodness, but after sleeping elsewhere for 11 or 12 nights, it just felt weird to be in my own space again. what didn't feel weird was the frustration and annoyance when i realized that the maintenance guy was in my apartment again without telling me. i made sure to sufficiently booby-trap the apartment today to see if it happens again.

the break was great though. i left on the 21st and returned on the 30th. i had an amazing time with my family in TX. as usual, there was some drama that came with the trip, but it was all pretty manageable this time around. my little brother falling off the roof while carrying a step ladder and a full-size leaf blower backpack up an old aluminum ladder did put a bit of a damper on things for a day or so though. he's fine though. they think he has minor fractures to his wrist and elbow, but the kid is too stubborn to get a cast, so instead he wore a blue sling the whole vacation. we all had a fun time making fun of him and his sling for the rest of the trip. :) in fact, i have some photos of the trip that i will post later.

as for posting, i obviously didn't get around to it. i maybe only checked my email twice. instead, i helped my dad rip up some countertops to prepare them for the granite ones that were being installed and then helped rebuild 30 feet of fence that our pig, buster, knocked down. i'm a handy girl when it comes down to it. i went to the dump (although my dad wouldn't let me get out of the car), went to home depot and helped pick out a couple of nail guns, and loaded 70 5/8x6x6 and 12 2x4x8 into our trailer and unloaded them all at home. we're all about the home improvement projects it seems :) at one point, my dad told me that he wanted me to just relax and that he'd do it on his own. i told him that i didn't mind helping. he countered with the fact that it was my vacation. i told him that i wasn't typing, so already that is a vacation for me. all true.

more later... oh, and Happy New Year, by the way!