the vacation thus far...
12/23/01 ~ 1:30 p.m.
ok, ned is sleeping so i am going to sum up as much of what's been going on as i can. so if i stop abruptly, that means sleeping beauty has risen.
so where did i leave off? oh yes... my birthday. well, thursday i didn't do much but go over to andy's house to study. i stayed up late writing the essays for my history class and then i read a lot of the book jenny gave me for my birthday, summer sisters by judy blume. it's great.
friday i arose, took my math final (which didn't go as well as i had hoped), and headed down to ned's mom's house.
QUICK BREAK: as of now, i know two of my final grades. in my math class i got a B- (yuck) and in my hard class i got a C+!!!!! this is because i got 291/300 on the final, and he curved the final to be only worth 291 points.. meaning i got a 100% on it!!! i kick so much ass i can't even believe it.
ok, back to the last week.
friday night we went to the mall with his mom so we could get some christmas shopping done. that's basically all of it. and i was happy to be back in his arms again.
saturday we slept in, putzed around, went shopping, attempted to go to a movie (but we couldn't find the theater), and ended up back home taking a nap. which was good cuz we rose a few hours later to get all gussied up for ned's mom's work's christmas party.
the party:
we got to the restaurant and headed straight for the bar and got a couple drinks (yay for being legal) while we waiter for her coworkers to show up. we sat down at our table and people started coming over to talk to us right away. ned's mom (i'll just use her name... louise) is basically the second from the top. her boss is the head honcho. so she knows everyone. well, all these people kept coming over and being like, "neddy! i've heard so much about you! you must be holly. happy birthday! how's davis?" and it was like, ahhhhh. how much does she talk about us?? oh well. it was funny. we ate, and then the dancing started upstairs. the problem was, a truck had hit the main water line outside of the restaurant. this resulted in the bathrooms not working and their water taps not working. they closed to restaurant to the public but they couldn't very well kick out this high paying party, so we suffered through it. i thought the bathrooms were closed and we had to walk to another place to go, but try telling this to a bunch of drunk people. so when a guy at the restaurant told me i could use the restroom, it already looked like and outhouse in there. i totally closed my eyes and got out of there as fast as i could. ned and i played some pool (he beat me twice. i suck.) and then went upstairs and danced some. louise was getting tossed and came and asked me if i would be able to drive her home. so i agreed and she kept drinking. she was dancing, shaking her booty, hiking up her skirt, freaking the guys, everything. i took a bunch of pictures, so hopefully some will come out. she was being silly. but then what really got her was a shot of tequila that her friends got her to do. after that, she was totally silly. so ned and i tried to get her to leave at the end but she wouldn't stop dancing or talking to people. (and going on and on about how i should be her daughter in law. talk about uncomfortable. anyways.) so ned and i gathered her stuff, escorted her to the bathroom (which, by this point was flooded so she got her shoes all wet) and piled her into the back of my car. she was laughing at my driving, and trying to convince us that there was (quote) "a fucking worm in that tequila!". no matter how many times i told her there wasn't, she insisted. it was funny. when we got back to her apartment, she took 10 minutes trying to open the door cuz she couldn't work the keys. we settled in and got her water and blankets and advil and everything, then went to bed ourselves. which was good, because i discovered the next morning that she was hugging the toilet for about 4 hours during the night. i'm sooooo glad i missed that. well, we looked good all dressed up and i promise after new years when i get my scanner, some pictures will be up.
sunday we just did some more shopping and we went to red robin for lunch. the food took so long that without us even saying a thing, the manager came over, apologized to us, and gave us the whole meal for free! it ruled. then we went back to the apartment, where i helped louise decorate her christmas tree, and then we were off. we came home to davis, and ned wanted to see mike right away. so went over to jenny and mike's house and hung out with them for a couple hours and came back to my house.
monday we went out to thai food (yummy) and then went to see ocean's eleven with mike and jenny, in honor of our vegas trip. it was pretty cool, i enjoyed it. then we came back here, played some board games, and just generally had a good time.
tuesday we left for ned's grandparent's house. it was about a 1 1/2 hour drive. we hung out and answered all the grandparent-like questions for awhile, ate dinner, and went to this christmas show, which was a choir and a band. then we went to sleep.
wednesday we hung out with ned's grandpa (ned senior) during the day cuz his grandma had stuff to do with her ladies group. we played scrabble (i won!) and set up the whole train/snowy village thing under the christmas tree. when his grandma came home, we rented a movie (which i just fell asleep on ned's lap for) and then went out to eat at the outback. when we came home, we played trivial pursuit into the wee hours of the night.
thursday we got up and drove out to bodega bay to see the ocean, and then ate at a great seafood restaurant. his grandparents are great. they loved me, which is good. and they are so cute, like his grandma wears one of those little old lady rain hats. hee hee. when we got back to ned's grandparent's house, it was time to leave and we said goodbye. when we got back here, we just hung out with ourselves, played computer games, ate leftovers, watched tv, and went to bed.
friday ned and i ran some errands in the morning, got him his driver's permit, saw lord of the rings (very good) and i did 8 loads of laundry. brooke and robert came over in the afternoon and we went out to indian food, opened presents, and then watched momento, which i got from robert.
saturday we got up and practiced ned's driving which was funny cuz he can drive and automatic really well but i have a stick. so we weren't really practicing his driving, but just getting him used to the clutch. then we hung out with mike and jenny, went shopping and got feather boas for vegas, rented movies, cooked dinner, and opened presents. i got the best of friends set from mike and jenny, which just kicks so much ass! i love friends. we played the game payday (which i got for mike) and then they left. then the fun started (ha ha). i try really hard to be not jealous of ned's ex, sam. you all know this. so i take him to visit her, etc. so i had him call her to set up a visit time and he ended up talking on the phone with her for about 45 minutes. i was ok for about the first 10 minutes, then my stomach started hurting and my heart started beating, and by the time he got off i was pretty upset. i started to explain to him that i wasn't mad, just hurt, and i started crying. i felt like such an idiot. he held me and kissed my tears away and told me i wasn't an idiot. we had more serious relationship talk, which made my cry even more, because i fear this relationship will never reach the level i wish it would. i want him to be totally in love with me, and i hate that there must be something about me that keeps him from that. but it's not because i am totally in love with him, it's me being dumb and wanting the self-esteem booster of being someone who can be loved. we're happy and there's nothing wrong right now, but i know there will always be something empty in our relationship unless he opens his eyes and realizes that he really does love me.
and that brings us to today, where it is 1:30 p.m. and ned is STILL sleeping. he's going to be up all night tonight. tomorrow we do christmas at my mom's, and then we hit the road for seattle and vegas. i'll catch up with you guys after the new years, kay?
love you all...
~holly~
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