The boyfriend's family is in town from 12/15 until 1/5, so I've had to socialize and be in the living room and not shut up in the office like I'd prefer to be. This has seriously cut in to my time I devote to blogging, Facebooking (I admin a few pages), and WoW. I still don't have a character to 90! My priest is sitting at 89 and probably will until the not-in-law's leave.
Yes, I call them not-in-law's. It's much easier to say than to keep referring to them as "boyfriend' family". Besides, when boyfriend and I lived in Texas, we were 1 step away from a common law marriage; the only requirement we didn't fulfill is introducing each other as husband/wife. We were mistaken for being married many times, to which we always laughed and said "Oh no, see, we like each other!" His family just about might as well be the in-laws. *shudder* Moving on.
As this year draws to a close, I'm starting to reflect back on the past twelve months. I've met new people, made new friends, grown closer to some and distanced myself from others. I've gone through a whopping four jobs! I left a dry cleaner in December of 2011, started at another one in January of 2012 while waiting to complete the long hiring process at a carpet cleaner. I started there in February 2012 and would have stayed there, had we not moved 1200 miles north. That'd be a hell of a commute! :) I now work at a hotel, but will probably leave soon because the pay sucks and I can barely stay afloat. As it is, I'm not contributing to the household at all; I only have enough to cover what's in my name. It sucks. :( And boyfriend's parents keep kindly reminding me that it's unacceptable and I'm a worthless freeloader. Well, maybe not in so many words, but that's how they make me feel. And they wonder why I just lay in bed for hours...
Fargo is continuing to get crazy amounts of snowfall. The roads are a permanent state of "Yes, I'm doing 15 below the limit. Go around!" I say "crazy amounts", which you should interpret as about four inches on the ground at any given time. To them, the Fargo-ans this is nothing. To me, it's an unprecedented experience. Snow is supposed to disappear in about 2 days... not stick around for weeks. I'm praying for summertime...
Yule, or winter solstice, was also this month, but I didn't get to celebrate it. Practicing my paganism with two extra Type A personalities in the house is just uncomfortable to me. If they didn't ask any questions and just let me do my thing, it'd be fine. But if I so much as wear my pentacle or try to shut myself up in my room for a few hours so I can meditate and try to hold a rite for the sabbat, it's "What's that? Well why do you wear it? Well what's that mean? No, you are NOT burning incense in the house." This is one of many reasons I moved out of my mother's house... I want to practice what I believe in peace, dammit, and not be subjected to endless "Why?" questions, questions where "Because that's how I feel", "because that is what I believe", "because that is what appeals to my heart on a spiritual level" are unacceptable answers because apparently, in this world, only logic is worthwhile.
So, New Years Eve is mine and boyfriend year and a half anniversary. We like celebrating that one, because July 1st is just too hot to do anything. :p But, because his parents are here, we probably won't do anything romantic.
I will be so happy to say goodbye to December... this month has sucked.
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