BUZZ BUZZ Once There Was...

There were a lot of things happening in a short period of time. No way i'd get it all down in type at one go. So here we go. Christmas again.

Spent most of Christmas with Kevin's family. It was the awesome. There's just something so goddamn loving about that house. Even when the dog tries to bite or we're all making fun of Kurtis. (He's such a good sport. ;) But yeah. None of the "drama" you get with my family. Folks buy gifts based on the fact that they KNOW you and GIVE A SHIT about you. (Rather than the "i don't know what the hell she'd want b/c i avoid her for most of the rest of year b/c we have nothing in common," gifts i get from my family.)

So yes. I went from the eve and morning of love and genuine christmas feeling to the late afternoon and evening of obligation and awkwardness. Grandma went off on the BABY. It didn't feel like eating when the rest of us did. So she started yelling at it. Aunt stepped in and drew Grandma's fire for a while, culminating in a top-of-the-lungs, huffing, old-lady proclamation of "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!! GET OUT!!" from Grandma to my aunt (her daughter). The rest of us rolled our eyes, shook our heads, and just let it be. Why? B/c not 3 minutes later, Grandma was off on something else that had nothing to do at all with my aunt. Go figure.

( Cut for list of gifts. )

Now i'm looking at a pile of bills and hearing how it's "my turn to buy groceries." And realizing that i've gotta put pedal to metal on all my money earning between-semesters projects. I'm writing this to take a break from the one. I'm inking a span of pages for a comic that may or may not be published. but i should get back to it. night y'all!