12:14p

MERRY MERRY X-MAS!!!!
wow. I just got up 15 minutes ago.
we had dinner at my bf's paren'ts house and then headed over to midnight mass.
Unfortunately, we got the same priest as last year.
very monotone. poor man, I think he pulled out one of his old
sermons from 10 years ago.
there was no spirit in it.
no passion.
no spunk.
it was like listening to the tone on the "emergency broadcast system"
cool thing though: we ran into my bf's cousin and his girlfriend.
very nice surprise.

our dinner was, as always, DELICIOUS!
My bf's parents can COOK, man!
WE had pot roast, fried shrimp and sotanghon.
Everything was great, especially the pot roast.
My bf's dad cooked it in the new dutch oven that my bf bought for
him on his b-day.
Then for dessert we had fresh mangoes and mango ice cream. yum.

Afterwards, we all watched TV, one of those forensics shows on the discovery channel -
I love those.
And of course, my bf and his dad fell asleep.
Then, off we went to mass.

We hung out at their house for a few minutes after mass and watched
some more tv.
Then, me and my bf went home around 1:30a or so.
We opened some gifts our friends gave us in bed:
A Britney Spears calendar for him (ugh!),
A new fleece hoody for me (yay!),
and 2 Power Bar t-shirts and fleece beannies for both of us (Thanks, Grande!).
Then, sleep.

Playing Santa and CRAB!
after typing up this blog,
I'm gonna finish wrapping some more presents
and then off we go to drop them off at my
cousin's place around 3:30p.
Then, we're off to spend x-mas with my family.
My Tita Doris and her family will also be joining us from L.A.
They'll arrive around 5p.
It's kinda neat that they will finally be visiting us.
I don't actually remember her at all from my childhood.
But her brother, Tito Jun, also spent the x-mas with us last year.

I'm excited to see how much Dara, their oldest, has grown up.
When I first met her, she was just 4 or 5 years old
and spoke Tagalog PERFECTLY!
Talagang nagigigil ako sa kanya casi
I LOVE hearing little kids speaking Tagalog.
It's like music to my ears.

But, she's probably a bit americanized now.
I hope not too much, though.

Anyhoo, she's also got a little sister and brother now.
I'm excited to meet and play with them today.

Finally, I'm excited for my dad's CRAB!
Woo hoo! more heartattack food!
I can't wait.

anyhoo, 'better get going with my gift-wrapping.
only got a couple hours or so left.