It has been a while since I've updated. Christmas Day was very nice. I spent it with my family at my parents' house. We opened gifts, and had a good dinner. It is nice to have the family all together like that. My Dad, Mom, sister Beth and her husband Jon, brother Ryan, and Nana (grandmother). It is strange now that my sister is married, my brother is off to school in Gainesville, and I live by myself now - we are all split up most of the time. It did not happen overnight, but it seems like just a little bit ago that we were all together driving each other mad. The funny thing is, the madness dosen't stop without them! heh.. Anyway, I really enjoyed these holidays - sans the commercialism and stress brought on by it otherwise.

Another problem with my waiting so long to post is that I really cannot recall exactly what happened. I mean, I remember it all, but when did it happen? As soon as I get a glimpse of something, it usually all comes back at once. Anyway, after Christmas festivities, I took my Nana home, and she gave me some wine and champagne she had stashed away. That was nice. Then I came home and cleaned up the house a little. Friday, I went back to work. After work, I decided to stop at Best Buy. Woah, crazy! I think this was worse than any shopping day. The line was well around the store into the appliances section. Nuts, I tell you. I did not find a good portable phone with big buttons for my Nana though. After that, I stopped at Tate's to rent the rest of the Blue Gender series. Then, it was to home, and then out with some friends for my birthday celebration, a little belated. We went to dinner at Applebee's, then went to see the movie Paycheck which was a really good movie to watch. After that, we went home, as I was tired from being up early at work.

Saturday and Sunday. I am having difficulty differentiating them right now. It is getting clearer now, but I can't really recall what happened to Saturday. Anyway, I did get a call from my friends Rob and Courtney from North Carolina. They are in town, and would like to meet up with me on Sunday. So, I got the call at 10am Sunday, and headed over to see them, and we went to lunch and walked around at Riverfront. It was a good time, and it was nice to see them again, but I had to get them back to their hotel in time to get ready for Kara's debutant ball. We also just so happen to run into my dad on A1A, as he was on his way to the last day of training for work. Heh.. Afterwards, I decided to stop at and check out the Swap Shop. Woah, just as crazy and strange as I remembered it. Then, I returned the rentals. Saturday, I pretty much spend the day working on computers and cleaning up the house. Picking the weeds from the front garden got that task out of the way, and caused the slight ache I felt all day Sunday. But at least I got a lot of little things out of the way. Also, MYG stopped by, and we got a little done as well, like catching up and working on his Sun box.

Today, Monday, was back to work again. Boy was I tired today. After work, I came home and finished up cleaning up the house. Then, Rob and Courtney showed up, and they will be staying with me for a few days. We went out to dinner at The Cove in Deerfield Beach. Very nice place. I am suprised it took me as long as it did to think of it. There's that swiss cheeze memory again. Then we came back here, watched a little TV, and decided to call it a night. Of course, I can't go straight to bed, so I ended up watching the last 4 episodes of Blue Gender. Excellent series! I would like to watch it again soon, but not alone... Too many good feelings from it to keep to myself.. So, on that note, I am about to head to sleep, ready to start another day tomorrow with work, followed by dinner at Kim's with Rob and Courtney. Ooh, good reminder that I should dress nicely, not some stupid vendor's shirt. heh.. The plan for the New Years is that I am going up to the Orlando area with Rob and Courtney. They have a hotel room booked for the night. Then, on New Years Day, they will head back home to NC with Rob's parents, and I will head back home. I work a halfday on Wednesday, so I don't really know how all is going to work out. Also, I have no clue what we are going to do up there. I'm sure there are pleanty of things to do in Orlando on New Year's! I should call Scott and Melody and see what they are up to as well. We'll see - all that is still way up in the air. Let's see what 2004 brings.