Tuesday, January 30, 2007

WHERE DO I BEGIN...

ITS ALL A BLURR...THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY...WHERE DID IT ALL GO...XMAS EVE WAS AT MY HOUSE AS IT IS EVERY YEAR...THIS YEAR I RENTED A 20 X 40 TENT AND A BOUNCE HOUSE FOR THE EVENT...DO YOU ASK WHY?....WELL MY MOTHER CALLED ME 4 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT AND ASKED "DENI, HAVE YOU SEEN THE WEATHER?"...THAT PUT ME IN PANIC MODE...LOOKING FOR A 20 X 40 TENT 4 DAYS BEFORE XMAS EVE IS NOT FUN...BUT MY FRIENDS AT "ITS YOUR AFFAIR" PULLED IT THROUGH FOR ME...AND OF COURSE IT DID NOT RAIN ONE DROP...BUT IT DID KEEP THE DEW OFF OF EVERYONE AND THE TABLECLOTHES STAYED DRY...THATS IMPORTANT FOR ME...THE NEXT DAY WAS OF COURSE A RAT RACE FOR ME...WE WHERE AN HOUR LATE TO MS. IRVINE'S HOUSE...THAT WAS SO BAD...WE HAD BREAKFAST THERE AND OPENED OUR GIFTS WITH THE IRVINES...OUR NEXT STOP WAS MY BROTHERS HOUSE...THATS WHERE MY SIDE OF THE FAMILY MEETS UP ON CHRISTMAS...WE HAVE A NEW ADDITION TO THAT SIDE...AIDEN DIAZ...HE IS SO CUTE, HE IS MY COUSIN ALEXIS' SON...WE LEFT MY BROTHERS HOUSE ON A FULL STOMACH AND WENT TO SEE LARRY...IT WAS REALLY WEIRD TO BE THERE THIS YEAR...LARRY, JON, AND ANA WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE...I REALLY MISSED THE WRAPPED PRESENTS WITH DIFFERENT BOWS AND EVERYTHING GLUED WITH THE GLUE GUN...I MISSED OPENING OTHER PEOPLES PRESENTS, THE MISSING GIFT CERTIFICATES OR THE TAPED GIFT CERTIFICATE ON THE WRONG BOX...I REALLY MISSED DALE THIS CHRISTMAS...THAT WAS A HARD TIME...THEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO KIRSTA'S HOUSE TO WRAP UP THE DAY...THIS BEING 12 HOURS FROM THE TIME WE LEFT OUR HOUSE THAT MORNING...KIRSTA HAD A GREAT GET TOGETHER...SHE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES...HER GRAND DADDY HAD JUST PASTED AWAY 5 DAYS BEFORE...IT MUST HAVE BEEN A REALLY HARD TIME FOR HER...LOSING A LOVED ONES IS ALWAYS HARD!...WE GOT HOME AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BED...THE NEXT MORNING WE ALL WOKE UP EARLY AND MS. IRVINE TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS AND SHE HEADED TO DELTONA FOR THE FUNERAL...THATS A 4 HOUR DRIVE...TALKING ABOUT TOUGH...WE ARRIVED AT 12 PM AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS AT 2PM...I'M SO NOT GOOD AT FUNERALS...ITS ALWAYS HARD TO SEE PEOPLE YOU LOVE IN PAIN...AND THAT DAY MY BEST FRIEND KIRSTA WAS IN ALOT OF PAIN...SHE DID GOOD! SHE BROKE DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT ITS TO BE EXPECTED...AND OF COURSE I WAS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HER BREAKING DOWN MYSELF...WE LEFT DELTONA AT 7PM AND DROVE BACK TO MIAMI...JUST TO BE BACK AT WORK AT 8:30 AM THE NEXT DAY...WORKING SUCKS...OR ATLEAST WAKING UP TO GO TO WORK SUCKS...A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE LEFT CAMPING...WE ALWAYS GO CAMPING FOR NEW YEARS...BUT THAT A TOTALLY NEW POST...WELL I JUST UPDATED YOU ON THE WHOLE MONTH OF DECEMBER...NEXT POST WILL DEFINATELY UPDATE YOU ON JANUARY....