Definitely a great relaxing weekend before Christmas. Friday, M and I went to an Indian restaurant for some amazing spicy food and then returned home to watch Christmas Vacation. Since my acid reflux subsided it has been such a pleasure to enjoy other spicier cuisines like Indian, Mexican, Cuban - the food world is my oyster. The movie was as funny as usual, but I was too distracted with purchasing M's present online and surfing IMDB to see where the characters are today (besides making Old Navy commercials) to fully enjoy it.
Then Saturday we went to a brewery for some craft beers and ended up engrossed in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Why was that playing at this brewery on a Saturday at 9pm? Anyways, I downloaded a fun trivia app so M and I played that for an hour before it prompted me to start paying for the fun. Then we wobbled home and went to bed. And to round off the wonderful weekend, I went shopping with my best friend for a few hours today and bought some cute shoes, tights, and work tops.
Since Thursday I have been brainstorming what I want to do for Christmas since I am no longer allowed at my regular house. There are currently two options:
A) Go home with my boyfriend which is less than a mile away from my siblings and close to my grandparents and extended family. M asked his parents if I could stay with his family and as far as he knows it has been approved - I feel like this is a very big imposition to put on them. Christmas is one of the major holidays, and it doesn't help that M's parents don't like me that much and now I'm adding stress by joining them for their lovely family traditions. Granted, I'm going to try and be out of their house as much as possible and I will be visiting my own relatives on Christmas Day. They have known for years that my family is far from nice and traditional, but this time it's obvious that things are not perfect. Will they resent me for staying with them? Will they think I'm not good for their son since my own family is so broken?
If I go home with M, at least I may have the chance of collecting some old items from my house before my dad burns them. Also, our third year anniversary is on the 27th and it would be nice to celebrate together. M says this will be the last holiday we celebrate while we're dating (does that mean he's going to break up with me or that we're getting engaged next year?) - no time like the present to force my presence on his family.
B) Spend Christmas with my stepmom, her husband, and eight year old twins. I'm not opposed to it - I'll just miss M a lot during the holiday and won't have the chance to see my extended family.
If I go to M's, I will be bringing multiple bottles of alcohol with me to stay slightly tipsy the entire Catholic Christmas. I'm so loud and extravagant - it might be interesting to see what I can add to their quiet and stoic family dynamic.
I'll flip a quarter.
In the meantime, more Christmas present shopping for me :)