well, holly-freakin'-jolly

*Sigh* I am finally done with my enormous stretch of day after day of work. Retail + The Holidays = Chaos and Exhaustion. Tomorrow, I plan to sleep in as long as humanly possible!

But now, time to vent. I found out last night that my little sister's boyfriend will be joining us for Christmas breakfast. At first, I didn't say anything, but the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. She is 17 years old, a junior in high school, and she's been dating this kid maybe a few months. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with him, but I think it's kind of strange and inappropriate for him to be having Christmas breakfast with us. Christmas is a private family thing, in my opinion, and I think it's weird that she wants her boyfriend there.

Am I totally off my rocker here?

For a moment I think I might be hypocritical because my boyfriend will be joining us for Christmas and did last year, but we've been dating for two and a half years! He IS practically family at this point. I mean, come on, he lives in the basement with me!

So anyway, I tell my mom how I feel, not expecting much of anything. Maybe a hint of agreement, but I didn't expect her to uninvite him or anything. What's done is done. I just wanted to get my point across that I thought it was weird of her to want him there. It's family time.

My mom, in retaliation of my comments, thought this was the perfect time to say that everyone she tells about me and the Boyfriend moving into their basement thinks is super weird and super awkward, especially since we aren't married or anything.

Well holly-freakin'-jolly, Mom. Way to tell me that everyone you know thinks its crazy and inappropriate for me and the Boyfriend to be living in your house together. Gimme a freaking break.

So there's my holiday grumbling. On the flip side, I did make Christmas cookies with the Boyfriend and his sister today, which was a lot of fun. Oh, and we attempted to go snowmobiling tonight, too, but the wind and snow was so intense that we couldn't see much of anything and had to turn back. Oh well, another time!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!