Judecorp.

Hello, friends, and Merry Christmas for those who celebrate.

Jen and I took in a good deal of loot this year, even for our lack of holiday spirit and incessant drama. Our biggest gift is of course Frankenfetus, whose heart was going at a good clip this morning. Jen got me a lot of little toys to get through the tedious workday as an office temp, including a mini Bozo-punching-bag and a bunch of little play-dohs. And a Playmobil pirate ship! And the cats got me lots of Todd Parr books! My brother and SIL came through with a new Neil Gaiman short story collection that I hadn't even heard of (I am so behind) and a surprise DVD of season one of ALF. Ha ha ha, I bet I will learn how DUMB that show is even though I loved it as a kid. Man, I loved me some ALF.

We got some gift cards (Macy's, Home Depot, Chili's) and some money which I'm sure we will use. And a lot of other stuff. I didn't get a chance to get a ton of stuff for Jen but she did like the big gifts I scored - a new winter coat and this cool necklace from one of the local art galleries. I wasn't sure if she would like it but she says she does, so I will take that!

Yesterday we all took the grandparents to Foxwoods. It was a pretty good time and fun to be with everyone. (And I won $65 on a nickel slot!) But I'd forgotten how smoky it is there and I spent a lot of time worrying about the baby. That seems to be what I do best.

My grandmother made my favorite snack (peanut butter balls) and gave me an entire tupperware FULL of them. Oh my god, they are so freaking good it is disgusting. I had been asking her to make them for almost the last 20 years and she made them for me this year because I am pregnant. Awwwh! Had I known, I would have gotten knocked up YEARS ago!

Tomorrow is my quick orientation for my new job, where I go fill out tax forms and stuff. I hope they have snacks. And water. And I hope I remember to find my SS card.

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I hope all of you had a wonderful and relaxing day either doing the family/friends thing, or doing the chinese food/movie thing, or whatever. I love you!

I left work at 3:30 and after dropping some presents off at my last family's house, I was done. Done! Until January 3rd. YES.

I am still coughing. I hate coughing because it causes so much other crap - lack of sleep, headache, people not wanting to be next to your germy self... I coughed from about 2am until about 5am and that seriously cut into my sleep time. I need to make that up somehow, but I'm still coughing. Yuck-o.

Tonight we head down to RI to spend the night with my grandparents so we can go to Foxwoods tomorrow. I don't know what we're doing for dinner. Jen was going to try to come home early because she wasn't feeling good but I haven't heard from her so I'm guessing that's a no. Poor Smoochie.

There are a million things that need to be done before Christmas. Jen is working on Christmas Eve (argh, I hate retail) so I'm guessing I'll be spending the day cleaning the house, doing laundry, and getting ready for our Florida trip. I've had to do at least one extra errand every day this week in preparation, like getting more cat food, getting an oil change, etc. I realize that I'm the one with the car, but sometimes it really sucks being the person responsible for all of the errands - especially since I'm the person who also has to remember all of the errands and cram them into my schedule.

I feel like I could fall asleep right now and sleep until tomorrow. We're supposed to get together with my high school friend, Mike, tonight for coffee and then it's up bright and early with the grandparents.

When does it actually start being /vacation/?