Today was TOTALLY suprisingly fun! So my sister and I have not always been the closest of friends but she came home last night and we stayed up FOREVER talking about boys, church, etc. Biggest thing I learned from her is that you don't have to give a guy anything in return for what he gets you i.e. Adam thinking I owed him 'later' for dinner or whatever. Total breakthrough: don't ask me why! I do have morals and wont go past a certain point but the whole idea that I don't owe anybody anything is totally cool! So inspired was I, that I cleaned up my entire house (yes!) for the first time in ages and its all sparkly! Yeahs..........

SO after shopping for my mom today, my sis and I came home and wrapped the last of our gifts while swapping stories i.e. more talk about 'back in the day': "Remember Nikki Rushing and his gorgeous blue-green eyes?" It was so fun! Then my mom and dad came home and we unwrapped some presents early 'cuz my sis has to spend Christmas with her boyfriend's parents (I personally think she's going to marry or at least get engaged to the guy in a year!). Thinking Ragsy and I would turn into a cute picture, my sis took this one of us (and yes, it's in the 70s in Texas around Christmas time...):



It was alright..............couldnt believe I could wear the green shirt (my sister and I are now the same size: 7/8..........yeah!). Then our family went out to the Christmas Eve service at my church. It was one of those rare family moments we were all getting along/laughing with each other. We even continued in the family tradition of driving through our old neighborhood looking and laughing at Christmas lights. Every year, my dad tries to find the house that looks way too gaudy or thrown together. His commentary is SO funny when it comes to making fun of people's lights (and of course he saves his best comments for my house when I have them up i.e. NOT this year ;p).

After eating together and hugging my sister goodbye, we sat around reminiscing about Christmas' long ago. It was really cool and family like.....I was surprised So all that worrying for nothing.....Christmas Eve turned out pretty kickinly fun! Anyway, since I dont feel too good (throats sore, massive sinus headache, and a fever) I'm going to head off to bed....my mom donated sleeping pills till I can get to the doctor on Monday. It just stinks to feel sick 'round Christmas, ya know?!? Merry Christmas you guys!