Home Sweet Home..NOT!!!

My first post of the New Year..Yayyyy! I am back from a fabulously relaxing visit with my family and I am soooo not happy to be back at home. It was so nice being with them. I took the train this time and didn't realize how much I missed traveling by train. Yeah, flying will get you there faster but there is nothing like the peace and tranquility of a train ride. I wasn't in the mood for the hustle and bustle and long lines that I most certainly would've encountered had I chosen to fly this time. It actually cost me about the same to take the train as it would've had I flown. Anyway, I spent the majority of my time with my grandparents who are blessed to be 90+. We just chatted about the old days.(You know how old folks do)I actually enjoyed listening to them reminisce and I learned a few things about my family in the process. My grandfather actually had a book that traced his roots back to about 15 or 16 generations and I found that to be quite interesting. My name was even included and that just tickled me pink. While I was there,I went out to the whitest white bar ever and partied with the drunken white chicks, went out to eat, shopped, dropped in on a few friends that I grew up with but haven't seen in ages and just had a grand old time. I didn't go out on NYE though. I went over a friends house and stayed until about 5 minutes until mignight and then brought in the New Year (on my knees...... praying for those of you with dirty minds) with my family. Even found the time to take in 2 basketball games which I absolutely loved. I might have to see if I can find some tickets to a game here which shouldn't be too hard to do since our team sucks and has sucked for the past 2 or 3 years. I returned yesterday and now the hard part begins, That Christmas tree is staring me in the face as well as the many gifts underneath. I have to tackle that as well as unpack my bags which I may just put off until the weekend. Yes, I am lazy like that. If I had my way, my tree would stay up until next year lol.