Another Christmas Story





Fröhliches Weihnachten, Feliz Navidad, Manuia le Kerisimasi and Merry Christmas!

This was it. Our last 2015 holiday as the year quickly wraps up. It was a week well spent with homies, friends and families alike, and one for the books. After a challenging week at work, I relaxed with the Sisterhood with some Chardonnay and Apple Cider (the home girl Titties is on her way to being our resident alcoholic, you go girl), dates (or prunes, we will never know) and walnuts, some cold pizza, a box of tacos (shout out to Kenny G for coming through), awesome gifts (homies Ah-nuh squared hooked everyone up with custom made mugs, so thank you), and though I missed catch-ups with the other homies, Amee, Bee and Dee were there to fill the void nonetheless, and a wonderful hostess that knows how to entertain (our future Martha Stewart-esque party planner: Queen D).

And after receiving some kickass presents from the family, we enjoyed a very early Christmas dinner followed suit by a day out with Mama and cousin at the movies accompanied by Mark and Will. After indulging too much on popcorn and nachos, we scarfed down at one of the few places actually open: YumYum Donuts (I know business is important, but damn, let your people go...home to their families if only for one day).


And tomorrow we'll be doing a round two for our Sisterhood get-together, which I am super excited about. It was just one of those weeks you want to remember as you get older. Good friends. Good family. Good food. And so if I am ever without a home, without homies whose cribs I could crash at or friendships I would be denied of, without a family I can ever depend on or live without their love, I can think back to these moments that will forever warm my heart. Unless I get Alzheimer's and forget everything. That would suck.

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