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Dec. 24th, 2003 02:10 pm-1:31 PM
So I was talking to Mom. See, my cousin wanted to start tonight at 7. I get home around then. And the immediate family wants to open presents before we go up there, which is even more time lost. I was actively considering them starting without me, because I could come home and go to my sister's. but I don't like taking my car there (it's like, a half-lane street where she lives, and impossible to park or turn around easily.)
Mom: But if we started early, you'd be left out.
Me: That's nothing new for me, mom.
Hell, the feeling is par the course for my everyday life: why should this be any fucking different? Mom will call me later, and we can figure out what we're doing then.
So I was talking to Mom. See, my cousin wanted to start tonight at 7. I get home around then. And the immediate family wants to open presents before we go up there, which is even more time lost. I was actively considering them starting without me, because I could come home and go to my sister's. but I don't like taking my car there (it's like, a half-lane street where she lives, and impossible to park or turn around easily.)
Mom: But if we started early, you'd be left out.
Me: That's nothing new for me, mom.
Hell, the feeling is par the course for my everyday life: why should this be any fucking different? Mom will call me later, and we can figure out what we're doing then.
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Date: 2003-12-24 11:34 am (UTC)I wouldn't leave you out.
If I were celebrating I'd want you there too.
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Date: 2003-12-24 08:00 pm (UTC)We have such a small haul this year, we'll doubtless open tomorrow, but we'll also be filling in little bits and pieces later on, during the post-christmas non-rush.