Die, eyesight, die!

Ok. i have a little more time today so i'll fill you in the best i can. :)

My aunt Ninni and my cousin Richard from Sweden came on the 23rd. I didnt see richard that night but i did see my aunt. Well, she mostly talked to my mom but thats ok. we're not close 'buddies' or anything. On christmas eve we dreaded nightfall. except for sven because he still thinks santa is the coolest fat guy around. That morning i saw richard after my mom woke me up at 10. i had wanted to sleep longer, but hey. how many times does your family in sweden visit? well, i go out to the kitchen and im kinda standin there not fully awake with my hair all messed up and 'lo and behold- I see him. My first thought was his height. lisa was standing there with me so after he walked by saying 'good morning' i just turned and said 'he got taller.' then i went back in my room. big reunion.
Sven was kinda hanging on him and i was like 'poor guy. he shouldnt have to go through this on his first day.' because everyone knows that sven can get.... lets say.. bothersome. anyways, night came. it was time to get ready for the annual christmas eve party. i know what you're thinking. why would a party be dreadful? you obviously have never been to one of these 'get-togethers.' You see, every year, i meet people who claim to be my 'relatives.' no. ive never seen them before. For all i know it could be some freako person saying 'yea, im a distant cousin of your aunts nephew.. twice removed.' and i would probably believe 'em. my family is screwed up. anyways every year i only recognize some odd people. like 5. well, maybe 10, but that place is crawlin with like 50 people so... maybe 60. hmmm.. well we wont get into that right now. ok..
My somehow-cousin-person who is very old hosts it. She is like .05% swedish and thinks that she can make Swedish meatballs. lovely? wrong. very wrong. its like eating rolled.. crap. really.well, everyone is expected to eat and like the food so i took a small slice of ham and a piece of a potato. Me, lisa, sven and richard all sat at one table and were like 'yea, we basically stare at the walls every year' its no lie. seriously. i want to run away screaming and hit people with sticks if anyone even mentions going back. its a good thing we get a break every year. we stood outside for some 40 odd minutes. hiding. lisa talked to richard and i inconspicuously threw rocks at a porta potty. well, on hit the roof of this one house but i dont think lisa heard. *smirks* Time for opening presents. every year we get the same thing. A dumb present and a card. guess what we got. a dumb present and a card. Me sven and richard got the same thing. a disposable camera. feel the love.
When we got out of that hell hole i almost died of happiness. i was screaming at lisa in the car that we were home-free. i was kinda drunk on the false hope that i would never see that place again. o well.
Christmas, that joyful day...
wow. i was woken up at 8:00 in the morning to open my stocking. i was amazed. i got hairties! feel the excitement!
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ok, opened more presents yadda yadda yadda. This is a rough list of what i got. i dont really feel like thinking.
a $100 pre-paid visa card, huge ass bean bag, yarn, scrapbook, pajamas, jewelery, cds, potc dvd, bubble bath stuff, frame things for my scrapbook, bed sheets, and.. some other stuff. i told you i didnt feel like thinking. *yawn* we ate lunch and headed to my aunt sue's house. but not before more out-of-state relatives came. my uncle duff, aunt michelle, and my cousin Danielle (<--girl) came. i got $40. woo. more shopping :). much chitter chatter, i mostly kind of hid on my computer. blah blah. We went to Sue's house and had more food. there was ham and scalloped potatoes and this vegetable casserole thing that looked like it was going to eat me. They have a trampoline. Sven jumped on it nearly the whole time. We opened presents and surprise! I got a curtain rod! i also got a curtain. for my room. thanks grams. i also got a new calvin and hobbes book called 'the Authoritative' woo. new fun reading. but my sister got this awesome book called the davinci code. it looks really good. no worries. she also got a curtain rod. i also got $15 for old navy. (that i already have spent on my skirt) Found out some interesting things about my cousin. very interesting indeed. and.. an interesting conversation followed it when we left for home. hmmm..
I think thats all i can say about that stuff. i should probably tell about today though.
i went to a nifty little church on captiva. ate lunch at a place called the key lime bistro or something with ninni, richard, mom, and sven. i had food. we walked for a while. a long while. um.. we walked back to the car on the beach. We drove to a shell museum. my aunt liked it but i almost collapsed to the floor in hopes of sleep to drown out my boredom. whoa. big sentence.
We drove to Costco to get food and me sven and richard went and got ice cream. kirkland yogurt rocks. i had the berry sundae thing, sven had a huge ass cup of chocolate ice cream, and richard had a swirl of chocolate and vanilla. sven sucked his down in less than 5 minutes. no joke. that kid is like a vacuum. richard finished 10 minutes later, and i finished 10 minutes after him. sven thinks im a really slow eater. how can i eat fast? my tongue was numb almost the whole time so i couldnt exactly feel if i was talking correctly or drooling. i took it slow. We had pizza for dinner and i played some ps2. i am now very angry with my computer because i downloaded the setup program for Adobe Photoshop 7 and it refuses to extract the files in the D drive. it really wants to take 'em out in the C drive which has literally no space at all. the setup program is in the d drive. what the hell is wrong with my computer??
who cares. im a bit tired. Tomorrow everyone but mother and father are going to bike 20 miles up and down Sanibel. I can already tell it will be lots of fun.
*Carina


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