Well I figure it's about time I write about Christmas, before I forget!
We left for Jonny's house on Christmas eve sometime around five o'clock after father got home from work. When we got there, Jonny was outside waiting for his new little girlfriend, Carol, to arrive. Everybody else was already there, but the food wasn't quite ready yet. I said hello to Rick and a couple of the others. Sherry kept going on about how big I've gotten since they've seen me last. She kept making fun of Jon for not being the biggest anymore. Larry was already sitting at the table, silverware in hand, waiting for the food. I went and talked to Grandma for a few minutes before it was time to eat. I actually got a spot at the adult table this year. I sat next to Joan.
Rick and Denise smoked the turkey, and I thought it tasted pretty good. I also ate tons of stuffing. I talked to Rhonda for the first time while we were filling our plates. Rhonda was wearing a cute little midriff shirt. After dinner, Rhonda, Tina and I went and sat on the couch with Jon and teased him about Carol, who still hadn't showed up yet. When she finally did, I told Tina to scoot over so Carol could sit with Jon. Then Rhonda, Tina and I started talking for a while. They thought it was neat when they found out I am going to UF. Tina knows a lot of people who go there and actually knew about some of the parties at Gator Growl...
I just now had some thoughts. I was thinking about who I'm going to call when I get back up to Gainesville. I was just thinking about how my closest female friend, Melissa, is now gone. I then come home and all of those old 'I'm in love with Kim!' wounds are now reopened and I'll have to deal with that again. We'll be parting with a much better relationship this time. I just would like to go to my new classes, make some new friends, and ideally find a girl that I can actually be with for some length of time. That's all.
Anyway, we soon opened all of our presents. Larry was constantly taking pictures. He then would group us up into our families and take those as well. I eventually went and got my camera and asked him to take a couple for me. I wanted a picture of Rhonda and Tina so I took a 'family portrait' of his family for myself. I received a portable cassette player from Rick and family to use up on campus. I later found out that they kept asking Mema all about my classes trying to find out something really good to get me. I'm going to write him a thank you letter soon. Mema gave me three dollars and later gave me a new shirt. She said that she didn't want to give it to me with everything else because she didn't have anything for Robert. We decided that we'd consider it a back to school gift. I also got a good little keychain flashlight among other things from Larry. That was good.
It was funny watching Carol caught up in all of the commotion that we have all gotten use to over the years. After everything was opened, everybody started grouping off and talking. Sherry, Denise, Rhonda and Tina all stole Carol at the kitchen table and they talked for hours. Jonny was depressed that they stole his 'girlfriend' so I tried to cheer him up. I took Cathy over and got her to give him a Hershey's kiss. He was laughing and it did a good job of cheering him a up for a little while. Later on he was messing with his camera. The film wasn't winding and he couldn't get it fixed. He was almost ready to throw the entire thing away. Luckily, I've played with cameras enough that I fixed it pretty quick so he was happy again. I was glad that I got it fixed.
Eventually, everybody started going home, and we soon did as well. I was a bit surprised to discover that Carol is quiet old with at least one sixteen year old kid! I went to sleep pretty soon after we got home.
I didn't wake up until about nine when everybody else was already up. I got to watch Cathy open all of her Barbie stuff and later her ponies. I actually was surprised quite a few times. I got a rechargeable flashlight all of my very own. I was very careful not to let mother steal this one before I had it packed safely away. I also received a Cambridge organizer, which I had wanted for the longest time, but could never find! I didn't really remember telling them that much that I wanted one because I thought that they'd think it's too expensive so I was just going to buy it myself. She said that I did tell her though and I'm glad that I got it. It was a pretty decent Christmas, especially since there was a $550 check inside of the organizer for college!
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