Welcome 2005

So, 2004 went out with a bang...literally. Let me just say that New Years Eve and a dysfunctional family don't really go together. Seriously. I spent my New Years Eve listening to my sister and boyfriend scream at my mom, then my sisters boyfriend scream at me. Then, at about 12:02am, we were on our way back to St. Louis. It really sucked. The worst NYE I've ever spent. So, let me just send a big "thank you" out to my sister for ruining it and getting my year off to a shitty start. I salute you, dysfunctional sister. I think this will be the year that you are on my shit list.

Okay, so now that that's out of my system...lets move on to New Years Day. Since we didn't get home until like 2am..after driving for 1.5 hours and being very upset...we ended up sleeping really late. Actually, the phone woke us up around 11am. Someone forgot to give us the memo about brunch at Grandma's. So, we jumped outta bed and got dressed. We headed over to the in-laws to meet up and go to Grandma's. Anyway, as were driving on 270..(my father-in-law is driving) I look over and notice a highway patrolman riding beside us, pointing for us to pull over..and he doesn't look so happy. So, we pull over. My father-in-law is pissed cause he knows he's gonna get a ticket. The cop comes over to the car and tells us we were going 90. HA! He was grumpy. Anyway, to top it off, my father-in-law didn't have his current insurance card on him. The cop ended up writing the ticket for doing 80 in a 65 and he didn't write a ticket for the insurance card. So, we pull off, and before we know it..my FIL starts going like 80 again! It was sort of amusing. We had to remind him to slow down.

So, we get to Grandma's and everyone is already there. We eat brunch, I have 3 mimosa's and then, crash out on the couch while the guys watched football. I slept the whole time..then slept again when we got in the car. I was so tired. When we got home, we had to go get a new DVD player. We went to Wal-Mart because we figured that would be cheaper than anything. We get a DVD player, bring it home..and it doesn't work. So, we take it back and went to Target. Target had a much better one for like 1.45 more. So we got that one. Later Saturday night, Jason & Nicole came over. I made a huge pot of veggie soup and we watched a movie. It was a good night. So, 2005 started looking up.

Today we took down our Christmas decorations. I hate to say this, because I honestly do love Christmas...but I am so flipping glad that the Holiday's are over. This was not a good year for me. Granted, I made out like a bandit in the gift department....but the family department was not meshing so well. Anyway, after we did that, I took a nap and watched a few episodes of Sex and the City. We went to the grocery store, then came home and had pasta. I started doing laundry and now I'm watching Cops. Exciting day!

I'm glad to be going back to work tomorrow. I have my review this week. I'm supposed to be thinking of what my goals are going to be, but so far I only have 1 really good goal. So, I'll have to think about this one. But, I'll be busy at work and that will keep me occupied so I don't have to think about my dysfunctional family situation. I think we're having dinner with Beckie & Ryan this week too. And I know there's something else going on this week but I don't remember what it is.

I got 2 books for Christmas that I need to start reading. I also have some gifts I need to exchange. Not that I don't like them, just that I already have one, or don't need one or it doesn't work (like my itrip). So, hopefully I'll find some time this week to do that. I just noticed how bare my family room looks now without the Christmas tree. Oh well! No more pine needle mess for me!

So, that's about it for tonight. I'm really tired (still) so I think I'm going to go read, watch some more Sex and the City, then eventually go to bed.