christmas is over.. finaly. dont get me wrong i love the holiday season.. its just so stressfull. especially for us because we had family over the week before christmas and we were planning to go on a trip the day after. plus we were gonna have a little bit of a get-together on and around christmas. all that went RELTIVELY smoothly, but there are moments... anyways. i wasnt expecting to be showered with gifts... and it didnt really matter, since i got a job i was more looking forward to the stuff i bought for myself. i did, however, get some cash and clothes... the usual. what i was really excited about was the 7" LCD screen i bought for my PS2 for the upcoming roadtrip. it came in on christmas eve at around 5 pm... talk about last minute. anyways, i fired that up to test it... its not huge (as i said 7") butits the biggest one you can get for a game console that attaches to the console itself. its basicly just a monitor (with A/V or S video hook ups) i had to disassemble the main jpoint to flip the screen around on its bracket so it will mount on the front of the console instead of the back (so i can but the PS2 on my front armrest in the truck and the backseat will get a good view)

at this point.. with everyone gone and just my imediate family here at home, we're just enjoying the calm between 2 big storms and packing and preparing for tomorows 4+ hour trip to bakersfield.. on our way to Anehiem and the happiest place on earth. looks like we're justr gonna go to like denny's for dinner.... christmas dinner at denny's... just like in those pathetic christmas movies.