Christmas

Oh man. I can finally have a moment between baking, knitting, drinking, being hungover, working, cleaning, etc. etc. to put up a post. I think I liked the holidays more when all I had to do was wake up on Christmas morning and open a bunch of gifts.

Christmas was absolutely wonderful. I was dreading it because this is the first Christmas I've spent in Seoul since the first in 2006. I missed my family super bad because I just saw them in October and I'm super broke from my trip blah blah. I had to work Christmas Eve and that was rough. There were tears in the bathroom, I'm not gonna lie.

Things took an upward swing after I arrived at my friend Amy's for a big dinner. I was pouring myself rather large glasses of wine and the company was fantastic. I scored an awesome chicken-shaped pot holder during Secret Santa.

The best part was when Matthew, Mary, Mike, Charlene and I tried to go to Midnight Mass. We were all more than a bit tipsy...alright, we were flat out drunk. We hauled ass all the way to Myeongdong (which really isn't that far) and when we got out of the cab, there was a long line. We assumed it was the line to get into the church so we queued. Mary and I started singing Christmas carols in loud and off key voices to pass the time. We finally cottoned on to the fact that we shouldn't be waiting in a line for Mass so we went to investigate. Turns out the line we were in was to look at a Nativity scene and the church was closed to any more worshippers. Ha!

Christmas day itself was more eating, drinking, and receiving Hello Kitty themed presents. My family finally learned how to use Skype but they called at about 4 am, two hours after I got home on Christmas night, and I was still drunk. I don't remember much of our conversation but I did ask where the hell my tauntaun sleeping bag was.

I am spending this week recovering for Christmas and gearing up for New Year's Eve. I just chopped off a bunch of hair and now I look even more like a 10 year old. SIGH.