So just got back from my two week trip home.
-Spent a lot of money. Caught the beginning of the Victoria's Secret sale where all their bras are half-off and there's some money out the window. They are the best, but I will only buy them during those sales. Also bought FF4 Collection, M&L:Bowser's Inside Story, Arkham City/FFX (I bought FFX for my brother, he bought me Arkham City, we split the cost. Christmas presents made easy!), and Radiant Historia, as well as receiving Trails in the Sky in the mail the day I arrived from Amazon. I also ate out a lot, took my parents out for steak dinner as well as having some Italian food, Mexican food (mmmm), Chinese, etc. Also spent a lot of money on renting a car and driving to Oklahoma City to visit friends. Wanted to go watch the Thunder, but they weren't playing the only day I could go. Met with a lot of old friends, since it seems like even people from my hometown have migrated to OKC. That day was fabulous. Found out my best friend's husband is a brony. Not shocked at all, but still.
-Partook in token family gatherings, one on my mom's side and one on my dad's side. Dad's was awful as it always is. Pockets of people who barely know or enjoy eachother thrown into a room for five hours. My dad was an irritable douche as normal, all of my female first cousins sat in their mom's lap almost (they are 28, 26, and 21) and whispered to each other, and my annoying great-uncle jabbered too much as normal. Also it was as hot as Hades in their house because my grandma and my female relatives (aside from a couple of us) love the place really freakin' hot. Every dude in the place had red face, as did I. Mom's family gathering was fun. It's much less segregated and most of the people there get along pretty well. Less tension in general. It also has my favorite aunt, who is 13 years older than me but has way more in common with me than any of my cousins that are actually my age. <_< Also, dad wasn't there, which helps any gathering!
I spent most of the rest of my time hanging out with my mother. She is undeniably my favorite member of the family; she's funny and nice and easy to get along with. My dad ranged from really fun and nice to really awful depending on the day. He mood changes like a woman in menopause, I swear. His general assholery related to my mother soured my mood. "I think you need to vacuum" "Can you go buy me cigarettes" "I don't like the water here I want you to buy me special water" and the list goes on. Complaining about food quality and the gifts she bought people and oh my god shut up. You haven't worked in 10 years (and frankly, even when you did, you spent most of your money on yourself while my mom raised us)! I'm pretty sure you have no fucking right to order anyone around. He was pretty nice to me, maybe because I don't live there, but wow. Dad seems to think it's the 1950's. Except the bizarro 1950's where your wife works and you don't but you still act like THE MAN.
I went and visited my grandma for a few days. In general, she either talks about her ailments or she talks about reality TV shows or being cold (when it's 70+ degrees in the house at all times). She wears summer clothes all year and complains about being cold in the winter! Figure that one out. Woman drives me plum crazy. My brother, who lives with her, isn't much better. He's very racist and homophobic and it's pretty much terrible. No, calling someone a fag makes you sound like an idiot, it isn't funny, I'm sorry. You're 35. Brother is fun when he isn't drunk or in a bad mood, which isn't that often. We talked about video games some, made fun of FFT's translation, he told me about FF12.
Dad and grandma in the house at the same time drove me to the telephone for sweet sweet escape. Bitching about doctors and the government and ailments and being old and general wah occurred.
It was a fun trip, mostly because I tried to spend as much time with mom as possible and as little time with everyone else as possible. I played Radiant Historia and read stuff for school to fill in the time when mom was working. I also slept a lot, which was awesome.
All of my stuff smells like Dad's cigarettes. Need to wash it soon! Glad to be back.
