Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuugh.

Started my period late Friday night (like when I was going to bed), which was horrifically bad timing since we had family visiting this weekend. Almost everyone from SF came down because they were going to a wedding in the area, so they all crashed our house for a visit. Somanypeopleomg.

So I was on my first day, which isn't as horrifically bad bleeding-wise as my second and third days, but still very much with the needing of super plus size. x___X;; And then I was coerced into driving the kids (all my younger cousins) to the mall, because some of the girls needed dresses for the wedding still. Plus, they just wanted to get out of the house and away from their parents. There were 7 of them, ranging from the oldest (21) to the youngest (10), and mostly in the annoying high schooler stage. The youngest didn't go to the mall with us, so we all fit in our SUV. Whoo.

D:

And it was really weird because they were all on their cellphones all the fucking time. Like, they should have had their phones surgically attached to their hands. They were always twittering or texting or doing God-knows-what, so I was surrounded by little electric chirping noises and beeping the whole time.

It is only by the grace of God and Advil that I survived. And the milk chocolate caramel chocolixir from Godiva.

After we got back from the mall, most of my relatives left, since they were staying in hotels closer to the wedding. Only my Kuya Charlie's family stayed with us at our house overnight, so it was five extra (Kuya Charlie, Ate Nene, and their 3 girls). Thank god we had rooms enough for everyone to have a bed, though two of the girls shared one.

They finally left this morning, and I went back to bed at like, 10:30am after having been awakened at 8am by my ovaries. Actually, had been awakened by then no less than three times (2am, 5am, 8am) because of girly issues, so I slept pretty badly. Slept until 1pm, and woke up in time to watch the new episode of What Would Brian Boitano Make. Have been floppy and curled up not moving since then.

I love my family, but I'm really glad they're gone.

It's come to my attention (from multiple sources) that in a little less than two weeks, it will be my birthday. It's on Easter weekend again, which is kind of sucky, but at least it's the Friday and not on Sunday itself.

( cut for not-quite-emo )

It's been quiet on my end of the internets, but for good reason. I hope everyone had a happy Christmas~! ♥ And New Year's is here very soon. It's strange to have it in the middle of the week. @_@

Anyway, what I got for Christmas consists of:

-- a cold
-- my period
-- a summons for Jury Duty starting January 5th

x___X;;

Well, those were the bad things. Family has been popping by the house a lot so things have been busy (with me snotting everywhere and curled up in pain). Planning on going out for New Year's Eve with my cousin and her boyfriend, so hopefully I won't be sick (or crampy) by then.

As for real gifts, I had a small haul this year, but I didn't expect much anyway. Thank you to everyone who sent me cards! ♥ ♥ And especially thank you to the ones WHO SENT ME CANDY. I omnomed through the chocolates with a vengeance. Rawr.

Other gifts are as follows:

-- Harajuku Lovers perfume
-- a G-PAK game case for my DS and games
-- a warm scarf
-- giftcard to Target
-- box of cookies&cream chocolate clusters
-- Rune Factory 2
-- gingersnap cookies
-- Sora and Ri plushie ornament heads
-- a plush sperm (technically Ri's present)

No present from my parents, even though I got them each one. And an anniversary gift. >_>;; Not that I'm surprised.

Well, there's the update. I need to blow my nose again. >_O

Oh Jesus, the family drama gets worse and worse the more we find out. Though, I guess it's lucky that my dad is on THIS side of the Pacific ocean, or things might be worse.

Having such a large (extended) family means so many opportunities for drama. =___=;; I almost wish I hadn't said anything this afternoon, but my parents probably would've found out about the gossip/situation anyway. Better to hear from our own family than another one (who, not-so-coincidentally was at the Trecenians part yesterday). The fallout from this better not hit the fan stateside.

x___X

Ahahaha... someone in the family might get murdered by the end of the month. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

No, that's not a cute turn of phrase.

I've still plucking along with FFIV, and I'm doing pretty good!

( cut for game babble which might be spoilery? )

Now to see what I can rustle up for lunch. And apparently some guy is coming over at 3pm, to give us estimates on flooring. Mom wants to replace the carpet downstairs with wood (or maybe tile), and we all need to be here to see the options. Hopefully it won't cost an arm and a leg.

Oh, and click my dragon egg. ♥ I finally got one of the new skywings and I don't want it to die.

Now in backwards chronological format! With 20% more lists and lazy bulletpoints!

( because I've been meaning to babble and such )

So, I was in the middle of having my lunch (a panini and french fries), when dad came home. Not unexpected. But not 5 minutes after he got home, there was a knock on the garage door, and it was my uncles (dad's brothers). They decided to visit for somereason, and even my dad was surprised. Probably because one of my uncles is supposed to be in Japan (he's in the Navy and is stationed there for now). He's on leave or somesuch.

And then my mom came home.

So it is busy in the house again. D: And all I wanted to do today was my laundry, then attack my legs with Veet again and shower.

*whine*

So, last afternoon/evening I was dragged out unexpectedly by my parents.

( cut for family things that are rather depressing )

In happier, non-family news, I still manage to get on Trickster intermittently. I'm sorta learning to ignore when I get dropped, and have gotten used to logging-in over and over again. Makokun finished all of the Third Part of the Summer Night Event. ♥ Man, besides the drilling for Secret Letters, the hardest part was compounding 10 each of those 2 items Marx needed. I kept failing the compounding with Nate at 60%. I finally switched out all my MA/LK gear for DA gear, and started getting 70% which helped me finally compound enough items. x.x So tedious. But I was glad that I had drilled up all those gunpowder balls, since I had to crack open a lot of them. Makokun also finished all 5 rounds of the Maro Toy quest (got a TMlevel yay!), so now he just needs to level up again for the next one -- Tritches, I think. He started the Eclipse Event, too, so now all he need to do is 4 more rounds of the Mutated Nora hunting (so annoying because they don't spawn fast), and drill up those 3 Pocket Watches. I already have craploads of Citrins -- if anyone needs them -- and getting the 10 Sand Glass will be easy since you just need to kill Sand Demons for them.

Rose Garden ahoy~

Makotochan and Makosensei have both done 1 round of the monster quests for Nate. Makoreplica needs to get his ass out of Desert Beach (he's too low-leveled to teleport), and to Mega so he can start it, too. None of them are doing the Eclipse Event because you need to be freaking lvl 40 to do them -- even the monster quests! Makosensei might make it to 40 from the Summer Event in time to do the Eclipse one, but Makotochan and Makoreplica are both lvl 25. I'll just get the supercute Summer equips set for them and be happy. :3

... and then sell any extra Pocket Watches I get. >_>;; I have a bunch of 2nds that I've been drilling up at Gate to Black Swamp. Yay monies. $___$

Managed to get hold of my cousin. It seems that she's flaked out and is not going tomorrow to AX. I can't say that I'm surprised, but I'm mildly disappointed. She's like... one of the only cousins I have that I see on a regular basis and is near my age.

Anyway, aoi, if you read this, you'll know already. Still planning on going tomorrow, and I'm pretty sure I can still drive. I'll give you a call once I get home. :3

In other news, sucky drivers suck. And the police are quite visible and present on the streets today (probably because it's near the end of the month).

It is still a spamming day.

... and still no period. T___T *rubs lower back* I want it to coooooome. Concert is this weeeeeekend. If it doesn't come IT HAS TO STAY AWAY UNTIL NEXT MONDAY GODDAMMIT.

Anyway, my lunch is cooking at the moment (tater tots!), and once my parents come home, I we're gonna go grocery shopping. I need to buy body wash and food and tampons and Midol and ice cream. You know, the neccessities.

On Saturday I went out (shoe) shopping with Aoi-chan again. Yes, our brave search for proper footwear continued, and we both returned triumphant. Or she did, and I finally bought a pair because I was pissed at not being able to find ANYTHING. Her shoes makes her about an inch taller than me. *jealousy* >_>;; I get about two inches from mine. Still, we had fun and bought other accessory-type things (I got a new pair of armwarmers and a hipbag). I like shopping. ♥

I still need to do another load of laundry here (yes, it is mild chores day), since all my jeans have somehow ended up dirty. XP I usually rotate them so I don't run out, but eh, I was lazy and now I have to catch up.

Oh, and one of my cousins is getting married in June. D: He's in the Philippines and it's just gonna be a civil ceremony for now, with a big church wedding next year. Hahaha... she's 5 months along, which is the reason for the rush. Oh those wacky Filipinos and their shotgun weddings. But one of my other cousins teased me that next time will be mine. DDDDD: No way! Though, it does seem like it's been going by age. First was Emerson, and now Edsel, I would be the next oldest of our group, followed by Karen, Melody, and Russel. I'll just Karen that I'll let her switch places with me. XD

Bleh, and it's kinda overcast/smoggy today. Ick. Good thing I'm staying (mostly) home today.

It's Saturday. I slept in a bit, mostly because I was woken up by my parents finally sauntering in around 8am. And then woken up again at 10 when someone rang the doorbell for something. Said unknown person took the old blue car away though, so it's alright.

Ate Bing and Kuya Digo also stopped by for a bit because Kuya Digo accidentally left his jacket here. Hahaha, it's a good thing that I'd been awake for awhile and hadn't gotten in the shower like I planned (was reading fic), or else no one would've answered the door. XD Both my parents are still asleep.

But that shower sounds mighty nice right now.

And I want to eat fried chicken for some reason.

... I haven't even had that phone interview yet, and my parents are already starting in on their second life goal for me. My dad sat next to me while I was gnawing on some fried chicken and asked me: "When are you giving me apo (grandchildren)?"

I am quite appalled and disgusted and I want to stab something. This after both my parents know that I've had terrible luck with guys and 3/5ths of the guys I HAVE been interested in turned into stalkers. No lie. I'm glad I have caller ID on my cellphone, because I have to screen my calls. Still. And the other 2/5ths are absolute losers.

I'm going to have myself a nice milk chocolate chip cookie and read some porn now.

And now I have to go to my cousin's birthday party. =___=;; And I think I'm going to get my period. I just wanted to stay home today and do nothing. *weep*

It was a very long day.

Just got home like... 15 minutes ago from the viewing. We left at 2:30pm for it, and just got home. Okay, well, it took like an hour and a half to drive there, then the same back, but still. Didn't particularly enjoy spending what amounted to the whole day in the funeral home's chapel packed with Family. It was... well, it was. I could Say Certain Things, but will refrain from doing so right now. I'm just mostly depressed. There's going to be a Mass tomorrow at Noon that we're going to as well. *sighs*

But my cousin is definitely preggers and the baby (a boy) is due in January/February. That's a happy thing.

Ate Rosario and her family got her alittle after 10am, which is why I am currently awake and showered and even ate. The viewing is at 5pm, and the funeral is tomorrow. I need to find the black in my wardrobe that actually fits. I've lost so much weight recently. x__X;;

I swear to god Tuesday must be my hump day, because I generally don't like Tuesdays. They're very blah. Or maybe it's because I woke up this morning thinking it was Wednesday and tomorrow was Thursday until I looked at the date. D:

I have to clean the house today (well, vaccuum and clean my bathroom at least, and probably fold laundry) because Ate Rosario and her family are coming to the house on Thursday. They're coming with us to the viewing/funeral on Friday. T__T ( cut for personal and family stuffs that is boring )

I'm going to have lunch now.

I really wish my parents would warn me sooner when I'm going to be dragged off somewhere for a family-related thing. Then I could make plans to... get hit by a bus or something. Ugh. I'm probably gonna be dragged to Mass, too. Because tomorrow's Sunday.

I better at least get some good food out of this. And a minimum of annoying cousins. The puppy is okay though, as long as she doesn't try to bite me. Again. Maybe I shouldn't have, you know, pushed her off the couch that one time. >_>;;

Laa~! Easter was surprisingly good, even with my Ate and her family inviting themselves over at the last minute, and us getting an unexpected guest as well. And, hey, I actually didn't have to cook! Plus, my cousin with the big youknows brought her two pomeranian puppies over again, so they also provided entertainment of a fluffy puppy sort. No kareoke this year, thank you very much.

But now all the guests have left, and I'm in my pyjamas, and I'm running two accounts on Gaia so I can collect as many Easter Eggs and Baskets as I can (only have until noon on Monday argh). Also working on my Ides fic (ahahah... I'm slow, remember? >_>;;) and so I'm adding bits as I watch LotR:TTT on TV. But tomorow night I'm going to be putting up the Ides Pimping Post, and some people have asked for extensions, so I'll just keep editing it as needed. ^^;;

Right now though... I think it's time for me to investigate the roast again (yum) and the chocolate cheesecake and ice cream. ♥