Puppy Love

I survived my parent's brief visit. I dunno how I did it but it's over with thank god. The hard part was when they came over early Saturday morning to take River with them. They started their typical crap and were yelling at each other. River got all scared, ran into my room, jumped up on my bed and didn't want to go with them. I can't really blame her! There's a reason I moved out of their house as soon as was humanly possible and it's no accident that I'm over 900 miles away. Poor River will have to put up with them for 2 wks until I arrive. Then it'll be a battle for me to not kill them when I arrive. I'm staying up there for almost a month. I must be a glutton for punishment or I must have a subconscious desire to do hard time in prison. It wouldn't be so bad if my Dad wasn't retired but since he is he'll be around all the time to annoy the living crap out of me as much as possible.

Call me Scrooge but I'm starting to hate Christmas. I have really come to despise shopping at this time of the year. Yeah, I try to do most of my shopping online but I always seem to end up hitting the malls at some point. I hate the crowds. I hate driving around for over 20 minutes trying to find a parking spot. I hate the fact that every store keeps their thermostats at 80 degrees. Finally, I hate spending money that I don't really have. I loved shopping when I wasn't hurting for money but now I just hate it. Bah Humbug!