It tasted pretty good, but shortly after I finished it I felt like I was burning up when it was only 60 outside. I also had a mild stomach ache and felt like I had to take a major s**t. 10 minutes later all of that went away.
I talked to my grandpa about the truck and now he's saying he's thinking about what he will do with it. Chances are it will go to my sister then I will be stuck with her crap car. I completely understand why he wants to keep the truck for himself, but it's still a d**k move.
Payday is Tuesday and we seriously need to stock up on supplies. This month we got almost nothing. We spent $100 at Costco which went really fast since we had to get some pricey multivitamins and such crap. After that grandpa didn't want to get groceries at Winco because he wanted to save all the money he could for the trip to bring dad home but we talked him into spending $100 on Winco as well. Then there was the trip. We had $400 left over from the trip which he wanted to save for the truck we were going to fix up. He promised the mechanic $400 this month, $400 next month and whatever money we had left over in January to fix up the white truck. Things are pretty tight financially and the 3 of us can't get by on only $100 a month for groceries. About a week and a half into the month and we were already close to being completely out of food so he starts having a bit of a temper tantrum how there isn't anything to have for lunch or dinner. Here's where the real dumbass move kicked in. When he found out about the new truck he wanted to put $500 a month in on it. He thought about it though and is only putting $300 in next month though. Besides being out of food we are out of garbage bags, bleach, and several other things.
Next month is Christmas. It will also mark 2 years my grandma has been dead. Grandpa still talks about how much he misses her. They dated 2 1/2 years then were married for 59 1/2 years for a total of 62 years together. I can imagine how so much losing someone like that could hurt. When he talks about her I can't help but think about how things were near the end and I feel really bad about it.
As I was saying though next month is Christmas. Apparently according to an email my grandpa got there will not be any Christmas trees in DC this year, but rather a more politically correct "holiday tree". Now I'm not really big on Christmas, but this really pisses me off. Political Correctness is getting ridiculous. Stores have to say Happy Holidays and schools now have to have Winter Break rather than Christmas. Seriously how offensive is Christmas really? If a Jew wishes you a Happy Chanukah or a black person wishes you a Happy Kwanzaa that's no big deal. If you wish someone a Merry Christmas then it's the worst thing in the world. Seriously it's a statement of kindness and good wishes. It's not a malevolent statement so people shouldn't get so pissed off if they don't observe the holiday. What's next? Will we have to say Happy Winter to please Jehovas Witnesses and anyone else who doesn't observe any holidays at all? Also I'm surprised stores that still say Happy Hollidays play Christmas music on the sound system. Before long that will probably change too.
Christmas music in general is kinda cool, but I'm glad when it's over. I like the songs like Silent Night, We Three Kings, and Carol of the Bells. After Christmas though I'm glad to listen to my regular music. Christmas in general sucks anymore because of the fake cheesy stories on the Hallmark Channel, everything being commercialized, and most commercials mimicking the rhyme pattern for the night before christmas. There is one story I really like.
The Christmas of 1914. It's the first Christmas of World War I. The Germans and the British stop fighting and celebrate together. They have a nice game of soccer and exchange gifts. They sang Silent Night together in their respective languages. The next day the commanders found out and got pissed off. It's a true story. It shows humanity at its worst and brings out the best in them. They put aside their differences and were friends for one day in the bloodiest war in history.
My grandpa might get a small tree this year. We didn't get one last year because we didn't really want one. I don't think we even want one now. The one thing I really look forward to is the 24th. Every Christmas eve we have clam chowder. It's the only family tradition I know of and I really like it.
I kinda want an Obama Christmas ornament because it will once again be legal to hang a colored man. Just kidding. I don't discriminate against color, but rather by actions. Still I can't help but laugh at public opinion. A year ago people were complaining about how horrible Bush was. People in general loved Obama. He was like Jesus come back to earth or something. If you hated him you were ignorant, racist, and an overall bad person. A year later and people for the most part stopped talking about Bush and public opinion is that Obama is the antichrist. People loved his promises of hope and change, but then they got pissed when they found out how he plans to keep his promises.
I don't think anyone even reads my journal so I'm just going to stop here.
