Christmas Eve

date: Dec 24

drink: 120 Shiraz

what: Christmas eve at Grandma's

Because my grandmother has never been run over by a reindeer we try to see her for christmas. however, because family holidays had gotten out of control (and by that i mean fairly painful to attend because no one really liked anyone else) we do it on xmas eve instead of xmas day to avoid the drama...

my parents were due to land at 11:04 AM, at which point i was to meet them at the airport, get to my dad's car and hightail it to south jersey, theoretically by around 2pm. we'd have eaten, hung out with grandma and then made it home in plenty of time for me to do all my prep work for tomorrow...

of course, thats not at all what happened... the parents started calling me early this morning, first to say that the flight was delayed about 40 minutes. then that they had been unloaded from the plane, so who knew when they'd be on, then that they were getting back on, then that they'd be landing at 1:15, but i should check the internet, just to be sure... by the time their plane landed and we got to the train/car/etc, it was nearly 4pm... awesome. put us in south jersey at 6pm. we gorged ourselves on grandmas cooking (particularly the amazing stuffed peppers that she had never made for me before - in 33 years - which are totally my new favorite thing like, EVER), exchanged presents, and then hightailed it back to manhattan only to arrive after 11PM.

which is why i just finished my xmas prep at 340 in the morning...