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Dec. 28th, 2001 08:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ocelotI'm at my mom's, up in the mountains. Today we had belated Christmas with the new Instant Family. They seem to be all terribly high-energy people. Nice, though. My stepbrother's wife just had a baby, so now I'm a step-aunt. Literally just had it - he was 6 days old today. I'm surprised they showed up.
After the belated Christmas, we had a belated wedding reception (they got married back in October or something (such a wonderful daughter I am...I can't even remember)). It was nuts. Lots of family, and lots of people they'd known in high school. Some of the teachers from my high school (where my mom taught) were supposed to show up, but they never did. Don't know if I'm disappointed or relieved. It would have been nice to see some of them, but it saved me from the whole "So what are you doing these days?" deal.
It snowed a wee bit. That was neat.
Had a talk with one of my stepbrothers. Apparently, they're as weirded out by all this as I am. Not surprising, especially considering that they're all Mormon (family is a very central part of the belief system).
I'm staying here until the 30th or 31st. On the 30th we're going to the yearly family Christmas party in LA. I think I'm going to try to take the train down to San Diego then, like I did last year. San Diego should be nice. Quiet, privacy, cats, (hopefully) nice weather, and a fast internet connection. Yay.
Not that it isn't good to see/meet everyone. It is. It's just a lot to deal with at one time.
After the belated Christmas, we had a belated wedding reception (they got married back in October or something (such a wonderful daughter I am...I can't even remember)). It was nuts. Lots of family, and lots of people they'd known in high school. Some of the teachers from my high school (where my mom taught) were supposed to show up, but they never did. Don't know if I'm disappointed or relieved. It would have been nice to see some of them, but it saved me from the whole "So what are you doing these days?" deal.
It snowed a wee bit. That was neat.
Had a talk with one of my stepbrothers. Apparently, they're as weirded out by all this as I am. Not surprising, especially considering that they're all Mormon (family is a very central part of the belief system).
I'm staying here until the 30th or 31st. On the 30th we're going to the yearly family Christmas party in LA. I think I'm going to try to take the train down to San Diego then, like I did last year. San Diego should be nice. Quiet, privacy, cats, (hopefully) nice weather, and a fast internet connection. Yay.
Not that it isn't good to see/meet everyone. It is. It's just a lot to deal with at one time.
