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Family Fun Part 2

Alright, holy crap!! This is outrageous. My family sucks. All I wanted was to have a nice Australian Christmas, but that's too much to ask for I guess. Seriously, ARG!!!

As I said before, Christmas day ended with me getting punched in the face (which I still have bruises from), arguing with various family members, other family members getting drunk (including a 14-year-old cousin), and me buying Peter (the brother that punched me in the face and just turned 21) a bottle of Goldschlager because that's what he REALLY wanted for Christmas.

I've been away for the past couple of days sailing with grandparents and one of my uncles families. Its been really fun. We've been scuba diving and snorkeling and all that good stuff, but I'm glad to be back on solid ground. The bad news is that we went away for the days during which my parents have been staying in Sydney with their attorney straightening out all the details about their divorce. You'd think it would be simplified by the fact that my youngest brother is fifteen and we'll all be off living on our own in a few years. Apparently not. Double

At this point, most of the family has gone all their different ways since Christmas is over and everyone has New Year's plans. It was fun while it lasted, but its all winding down now and I'm unfortunately counting down the days until I have to fly back to the US with my family, which at this point, I am very much NOT looking forward to...

Anyway, I thought I'd end on a good note:

Things I got for Christmas (listed in no particular order):

-The Dark Knight DVD from brother Brian
-Two Ken Follett books from my mom
-A lamp for my apartment from my dad (he's convinced I live in a cave) and the box I opened just had a picture of the lamp which my dad thought was a riot....
-A Chipotle gift card from my mom (awesome!!!)
-Milano cookies from my grandmother
-box of Junior Mints
-box of Andes Mints (YUM!!! I get them every year)
-a leatherbound journal from my grandfather (for writing down my "adventures" in Egypt)
-a digital camera from my parents
-luggage from my dad (fantastic since I travel a LOT now it seems...)
-$$$ from my other grandparents
-hiking boots from my godmother/godfather (I should also mention here, since it hasn't come up before, that my mom did a WONDERFUL job of picking my godparents.....My godfather dropped me on my head when I was an infant....Kinda explains a lot...)