MeganeHaven

Distracting myself from my stomach grumbling while I wait for dinner with an entry, because music can only distract me so much.

... and then right after writing that line, I got up and went to clean the bathroom sink. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Christmas is just a few days away and I still haven't wrapped any of the presents my spouse and I have gotten for family. I enjoy wrapping presents so I told him I wouldn't mind doing most of them. But I keep getting distracted, so here we are on the 22nd of December and it's just a couple of large bags full of gifts.

We did have a family gathering yesterday, for my spouse's grandma and two of my brother-in-law's girls. They'll be seeing their dads on Christmas day, so we wanted to get together before then. We had gotten the girls My Melody stuff, not knowing what they were into other than "cute things". Though they were blind box things, and the one we'd gotten for the younger of the two girls was either My Melody or Kuromi in the box. After she unwrapped it, she came up to my spouse and I and said, "Thank you, I love My Melody! :)" I'm sitting there thinking, oh please let it be My Melody in that box then. And thankfully it was, and she carried it around with her the rest of the gathering. It was so cute, and I can't believe my spouse and I guessed perfectly! Now that I know she loves My Melody though, I'll keep an eye out for stuff for her anytime I go to Miniso. They definitely have no shortage of Sanrio stuff there.

I feel bad that I was only able to get gifts for family members this year. I didn't have the spare money to get gifts for a single friend. ╯︿╰ I'm literally tapped out. Maybe in January I can get some friends some discounted games on Steam, but I wish I could get them tangible things. (Also, it doesn't help that I also get vibes from a couple of friends that they're disappointed that I don't have anything for them... That just makes me feel even worse, but also it disappoints me in turn that they're expectant?)

Anyway, my mother-in-law has done an amazing job of making the Christmas season feel festive. This is probably the nicest I've felt about it in years, and I'm looking forward to the gathering on Thursday. I'm still anxious around so much "new" family, but at least I'm having a good time.

I am really missing my family back home though. (；′⌒`) My sister says my parents have been acting a little off, likely since this is the first Christmas without me there. I'm sure they'll still have a nice time, and I'll be sure to call them. But I do wish I could give them hugs.