pep band game on wednesday night fue horrible. no trumpets, no bass player, shitty guitarist. i was all alone and nick covered bass nicely. all of the worthwhile alumni came back - andy will ben john and drew. as always it was wonderful to see everyone. afterwards we decided to hit up the creamery, per usual. as i coated my spoon with orange sherbert, i chatted it up with nick (amigo de andy - not a former pep bander) who's currently at the u.s. air force academy in colorado. that was interesting, he was telling me about how he recently received radio privileges. fucked up! i dont know what would be worse - usafa or ccri.
afterwards we attempted to put two amps and two guitars in andy's souped up volkswagen and subsequently failed. so we made john follow us back to andy's and dropped off his stuff and mike and nick and transferred everything. having been carless as of late, i felt really bad about inconveniencing everyone. blah.
we're pretty positive we're getting a highlander on monday. the insurance company that i work for cut us a wicked sweet deal on my total loss. i test drove some camrys and highlanders on wednesday past. i chose the latter for it's 4 wheel drive and snow traction. my mom wants to trade in her car for a new camry, and then use the insurance money towards the highlander, and then put some cash down and get 2 cars. using my father's favorite phrase, i told her to "keep dreaming." at any rate... we go back monday. i'm souped. slash wicked nervous.
last night was the eagerly anticipated annual festivus ("for the rest of us" a la seinfeld) at the home of a family friend outside of boston. huge formal thing he puts on at his estate (complete with his own wine vineyard and golf course) and it's just so awesome. plenty of booze (the home brewed merlot is too strong for me, i stick to the delcious mixed drinks) that my own parents keep pouring for me and very nice looking boys in suits talking about their worldly travels and junior years abroad. waiting until the wee hours of morning today to drive home so that we'd still be alive. good times, i love festivus!!!!!!!!
today i slept late, wrapped up (literally and figuratively) some last minute holiday shopping, and snuggled up with some tazo tea and one hundred years of solitude (thanks again, nick!!)
this christmas eve we're taking it kind of mellow... 4 years ago we would have all been crowding around my auntie jay and chu's house - 5 aunts, 1 uncle, 1 set of grandparents, approxiamtely 20 (give or take 1 or 2) cousins for the traditional italian christmas eve meal of fish, etc. always allergic, usually i settled for pasta and tons of carbolicious bread coated with several layers of margarine. but a lot's changed since then. 1 grandmother, 1 uncle, and 4 aunts have passed away, and my grandfather's with his girlfriend's family tonight (we already celebrated the other day, anyways, so its all good.) my last aunt is currently a few miles down the road with a morphine drip iv in her left arm. no worries, we were able to talk to her somewhat today. she was supposed to die last tuesday (that's what the doctor said anyways. psssh. doctors. who wants to be one of them!!!?!) silly auntie. i'm happy she's.... remembering christmas eve tonight too.
tomorrow it's off to nana and tata's. aunts, uncles, jacknmattnjosh. it's always so much fun. i love christmas. i'm going to miss ryan a lot though. i already do. he's still in the carribbean.
i probably wont post tomorrow, so merry christmas, loves!