DATELINE PITTSBURGH, PA: Post-Xmas Debriefing

I would say that I hope everybody had a fun Xmas weekend but ours was not so fun and I know at least one of you had a pretty crappy time as well. We went to Adale's parent's house Xmas eve and stayed the night (as did her sister & her fiance). Part of the problems weren't anybody's fault because Adale & I were both pretty sick with a cold of the flu. We almost didn't go, especially since her parents place didn't really have room for everybody, but decided to go at the last minute because it meant a lot to her parents. Sunday was fine and Monday started off good, with Adale's dad making his famous french toast. Everything went downhill when we learned that certain relatives were coming to the house later on & staying for dinner. I don't have the energy to go into details, but in the first ten minutes of their visit Adale's dad went to his room and didn't leave until the relatives left 8 hours later, and the newly arrived male relative made a really inappropriate joke about Adale's sister shaving her cat (she has a Persian cat). Later that night I got into a heated argument with that same male relative about whether or not fire could be soft (to the touch) - being the douche bag he is he was arguing that it could. I totally wanted to kick him in the balls.

It was nice to be with Adale over the holidays since this is the first year we decided to be together for Xmas rather than go separately to our respective parents' places. Adale was really sweet and got me a GPS thingy for my phone, which I kind of need since for my job I have to drive all over cities I've never been to and I have a horrible sense of direction. Mapquest is a great thing but every once in a while it totally fucks you over.