Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Well, sadly no, I'm pretty sure Mr. Smith is dead, even if the film is still brilliant and alive. However, I (along with the fam) are going to DC for holidays! YAY!! I love Washington DC and this vacation couldn't have come at a better time to be totally honest. We're going to be staying with my aunt and uncle in Germantown (which ironically isn't a town) and my uncle is coming along for the excruciating 11 hour ride. The last time I was in DC I was thirteen or something like that and sporting a ridiculous purple beret. Needless to say, my faux-artsy days are loooong behind me but my love for the massive, awe-inspiring Indiana limestone buildings and the hustle bustle of the capital city certainly are not (linked it because I couldn't remember if it was capital or capitol...just remembered that there was a difference- shoot me I'm tired :p). At any rate, I will update with pictures and stories galore sometime early in the New Year.

But for now, Merry Christmas to all! I hope Santa was kind this year. (: To be honest, the Christmas magic long died out for me, revived briefly by the ex who was always bursting at the seams with excitement to give me my gifts. It was always really sweet, even if it did stress me out to the high heavens...because I am possibly the WORST gift giver of all times. You know those people who can pick up on little cues and craft an unbelievable present around it?? Yeah, that's not me. Hell, I'm not even the adorably flustered kind of gift giver, the one who gets really worried that their gifts aren't good enough. Nope, I'm the anti-climactic gift giver...I take my gift recipient to a store and have them not so subtly point out what they'd like. My sisters and I have been doing it for years. Yeah, yeah, call me a grinch, but you know what?? I get it done. :p  This year did kind of suck shopping wise though- because of my late exam schedule I literally shopped for everyone Christmas eve. o_O That and I was broke as fuck, so damn. :/ On the upside, the one thing that I had been bracing myself for since the breakup- a lonely Christmas- hadn't really happened. I missed my dog really awfully, woke up teary-eyed. You see, every year, the one person I was excited to get gifts for was my baby girl. I insisted every Christmas that the dog be alloted the same amount of Christmas funds as the rest of us and I diligently ensured that the money was well spent and the gifts wrapped and placed properly under the tree. Though my parents wouldn't let her open her gifts with the rest of the family, I made sure she got to open them all that day. I'm thinking, after the fact of course, that maybe I should get her a bone and place it on her grave, just so she knows I'm thinking of her and missing her. I know, I know, she's not physically there and some critter will probably get it, but I firmly believe that thoughts of love transcend all dimensions. Somehow she'd get it.

At any rate, Christmas has been quiet and cozy this year, and for that I'm grateful. Even though it's not my favorite holiday, I'll admit that there is something magical about Christmas. I'm not sure why, especially now that the modern day advertising industry has clogged all of poor classic Christmas's arteries. Maybe it's the Christmas snowfall or the Disney Parks Parade that keeps the magic alive. Hnn... xD Merry Christmas all!

(I love vintage Christmas cards... ^^) 

Oh, and here's our Christmas tree this year...the kids usually decorate it with all our old ornaments and it looks like Santa's reindeer puked up on it, but this year it looked so purdy: