vacation

Well, it's been so long since I've posted that I'm a bit worried about the length of this entry. Things have happened, but I don't really feel like writing a long post. I've been quiet for the past week or so because I was working and then went on a cruise with my parents, brother, and sister. I'll talk about that later. Actually I guess I can just do it now, since there's not much to tell. We went on a short trip to Cozumel, Mexico. The part where we actually visited Mexico was nice, but the rest of it was just napping and eating on the boat. I went on a cruise about five years ago and swore I'd never go on one again. It wasn't a bad time, but it wasn't exactly a good time. I don't think I'll do it a third time. Really. I extra promised myself this time.

Anyway, back to the work week before I left on vacation. Christmas day was kind of interesting. When I drove to work that morning, there were some severe thunderstorms in the area, but by the time I left it was a winter wonderland outside. I had to clear off a few inches of snow off of my car before I could drive home. By the time I made it home, it looked like this in my backyard.

This is a pretty significant snow fall for north Texas. We normally don't get snow until early February.

I was a bit worried about my driving to work the next day since I knew all of the slush I had driven through was going to freeze overnight. So, I did the thing I always judged other women for doing: I had my significant other drive me to work in bad weather. Perry's been done with school for a few weeks now and won't start as a substitute teacher until school starts up again in January, so he's just been hanging around the house for the duration. Actually, I called him up a few days prior to to this and had him jump my car battery in the parking lot at work. I could have called the on duty security officer to do it, but it was nice have Perry available and only 15 minutes away. I told him that I was really enjoying having a stay at home boyfriend.

I was planning on driving to my parent's house to see them on Christmas, but the weather made a nice excuse to stay home with Perry, drink tea, and watch Christmas in Connecticut on amazon prime.

Old romantic comedies are my mental comfort food. I don't really know why. I have no childhood memories associated with them and I'm sure if you put modern actors in the same roles, I'd hate it. There's so much blatant sexism in them, but for some reason, maybe since it's so blatant, I don't mind. I'm a complicated person.