All of my adult life, I think I've been on Santa's "Naughty List."  The reason I think so is because I spend every holiday with my family.  If I were on the "Nice List," I'd get to choose who to spend the holiday with.

So as I type this, I am at my Grandmother's house (Grandma got wireless!  Yay!) and my cousins and aunts and uncles are all here.  There are toddlers everywhere, My cousin has the home theatre too loud and the house is about 98 degrees.  I'd go up to the third floor (which has it's own AC units and is quieter,) but the wireless doesn't work there.  Decisions, decisions...  I'm still probably right where I want to be during the holidays, though.

Even more fun than being here was the journey.  I decided to ride with my parents in their SUV.  I made this decision because I really didn't feel like driving my own car, and their SUV has a nice backseat with my own AC and a DVD player for me.  Another reason I rode along is because I had apparently lost my senses.  Three hours in the car with my parents?  WHAT was I thinking?

So we drove here in an SUV with enough food for all weekend (for some reason, my parents travel with tons of food.  The concept that you can buy food elsewhere is beyond them.)  Two dogs in crates, more clothes than anyone really needed, and one seriously drugged up Daddy.

For those of you playing Tim's Lounge: The Home Game, you know that my father was in the hospital.  He's out, and the pain is controlled with several muscle relaxers and tons of Demerol.  Whe my father's not asleep, he's loopy.  And funny as hell:

• Mom drove.  As she crossed a bridge, he said "Hold 'er steady, Roz!"
• He sang constantly.  Seriously.  We would pass a sign that said "Neiderwald: 9 miles, " and he'd sing it.  He made up whole songs about each sign.  This was funny, then grew somewhat tiresome, even to a musical theatre fan like myself.
  
• When we passed a house with lots of Christmas lights, he'd shout, "They got spirit, yes they do!  They got spirit, how 'bout US?"
• At some point, his singing turned into commercial jingles from the 70's.  "With Libby, Libby, Libby on the label, label, label...."
• "Hmmmm, hmmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmmm"  Humming is annoying after a couple of hours.  Did you know that?

And then, the fun didn't stop!  As soon as we got here, I let the dogs out in the yard, and Sasha fell into the lake.  I got her out, and she's fine.  I had no idea she could swim so well... she went right to the Jetski dock so I could grab her out.  She wasnt' on a leash because I thought SURELY she wasn't so stupid that she'd end up in the lake!  Oh... I was wrong...

HE!  My father is MST3King Van Helsing right now: "Remember, if you're going to fight a vampire, it's impotant to wear heels... "  I know drug abuse is a bad thing and all, but this is fun!

Tim, you had a really cool Holiday with your family. Wireless and all, Super. Also we share Tivo interests. Mine has a lot of 24's as wellas yesterdays, Pompei and some Jack and Bobby's

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