There is so much to say! I will now attempt to do a breakdown of the entire month of December.
December 1-8: CRUISIN' TOGETHER
RA and I went on a cruise the first week of December. We went with a friend (IK), her boyfriend and her parents. We cruised to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. The water at St. Thomas and St. Maarten was so beautiful. A bulleted list of cruise highlights is as follows:
- This isn't technically a cruise highlight, but Phillip Phillips was on our flight to Orlando. Settle down! It'll all be clear! *slapping my knee in rhythm*
- There was this cheese plate I got for dessert at dinner most nights. I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
- Our room steward was plotting something against us. Our towel animals included a scorpion, a cobra and a guy in a straight jacket. Sleep with one eye open!
- We went kayaking in St. Maarten. I'm not sure how it's possible to get your kayak 180-degrees in the wrong direction, but we accomplished this several times.
- One day it was a bit overcast and windy, so we decided to dip in the hot tub. After testing several hot tubs that were luke-warm, we found one that felt much hotter. We tried unsuccessfully to get in for about 20 minutes before we decided it was way too hot. A worker came down and tested it, and it was only 160 degrees. SCALDING! My feet burned for hours.
- I took an adult hip hop class and failed miserably at popping and locking. Man, those guys were impressive!
December 21-31: HOLIDAYHEE (Read that like the chorus of Madonna's "Holiday.")
December 21 was my last day of work for the year. I had 11 days off, and, boy, did I enjoy it! I spent most of my time either relaxing, reading, writing or getting ready for the holidays. We spent Christmas Eve at Gran's house, which was nice, as usual. I think we had a whopping 32 people there, so it was very festive. My aunt MJ gave me a sweater that looks like Big Bird's legs. I love it!
After we finished at Gran's house, we headed to Claire and Billy's house to play games and drink egg nog. My mom eventually got so excited about giving out presents that we opened most of them on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas morning. It was a lot of fun! I was battling a migraine, and I accidentally exacerbated it by putting on this snowman headband. Darn you, Frosty! If you're curious, green Swedish Fish are pineapple flavored.
Christmas Day was nice and relaxing. We finished exchanging gifts at Claire and Billy's before heading to our Christmas gathering with my dad's side of the family. Like we usually do, we enjoyed a delicious Christmas breakfast, where I discovered the best pimento cheese ever. We also had sausage balls, so you can bet your bottom dollar that I had plenty of those.
On December 30, ES and I went to the Falcons game. The game was somewhat irrelevant for the Falcons, but I obviously still hoped to see a win. WRONG! The Falcons lost to Tampa Bay, finishing the season 13-3 as the number one seed in the NFC.
I ended up winning my fantasy football league for the second year in a row. Last year it made sense because my team was actually good. Somehow, despite having a rocky team, I was able to pull through this year. I would like to give the glory to Aaron Rodgers, Percy Harvin, Julio Jones, Tony Gonzalez and Michael Crabtree. I know that those are all solid players, but I'm not naming the rest for a reason. Team Wait For It in the house!
Finally, on New Year's Eve, we ended up going to a rooftop party that my friend BB organized. It was fun! It was a small crowd and was relatively laid back. Several friends were there, and we really just got to enjoy ourselves without the riffraff of an open-to-the-public NYE party. I also had sugar that looked like glitter! It is 2013, and THAT IS INSANE!
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I'm going to go ahead and post this because I've abandoned it several times. I wrote all but the last few paragraphs more than three weeks ago, so I can't risk postponing again!
