Going on Christmas Vacation......

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Wow..2 whole days without posting....I am surprised I am not having withdrawals...lol....I have just been so busy the last two days, I am about to drop...but, I wanted to take a minute to update everyone to what was going on around the Old Dixie homestead....
I traveled all day yesterday......took me five hours round trip to pick up Tim and Justin..I got railroaded 4 times on the trip...three times going, once coming home...anyone that knows me, knows how ticked off I get when I get railroaded...I had promised the boys I would be at there schools to check them out around twelve-thirty...but it was one p.m. by the time I got to Terre Haute. Checking Tim, seventeen year old, out of school..was a freaking nightmare...It was like trying to break someone out of San Quentin...when you walk in the door, you are greeted by a deputy sheriff, who proceeds to check you in, gives you a pass, then leads you down two long hallways, to the "attendance" office....in there, you have clueless blonde, too busy stuffing her mouth with cookies, to help a mother get her kid out...Tim was supposed to have brought a note, from his Dad, saying that I was picking him up, but of course he forgot it..second problem.....I wasn't listed in the computer as "his mother" or significant person authorized to get him out....just his Dad, his Stepmom and his freaking stepmom's Dad...WTF??? I was pissed! In between bites of cookie, she mumbled, well...that is a problem....we just can't release him to anyone..I was like Whoa...hold it there blondie..I am his mother..he is 17 years old...I think he would know whether he was supposed to go with me or not....I told her to put the cookie down, pick the phone up and call his dad at his work, he would verify it.....then she goes, well we have "yadayadayada" has your work name and the phone number is yadayadayada....I told her yeah, cause that is my work place and number....that it wasn't my fault some degenerate piece of crap data entry operator left my name of the list....at this point, I was steaming...while this was going on, the entire high school was proceeding to the auditorium for an assembly...then she goes, Well....I guess I can release him to you, but they are now in assembly, so you will have to wait until it is over to get him...I go, "LIKE HELL"...you will get him for me now! That is when my head turned around and spewed green vomit on her...Get this..this school as a resident detective, from the police force, with his own office....I was stunned, this cop walks in, asks if he can be of help, I tell him what is going on..he was super nice, told me he would take me to the assembly, help me find Tim....the assembly is dark and there are some kids up on stage, dressed in red, singing Christmas songs...I had to walk up and down the dark aisles of the auditorium..looking through a sea of pimply faced, hormonal teenagers, looking for my son...I finally found him, with a lot of weird looks, grins, etc....on the other, far side of the auditorium...It took me thirty minutes to get him out of school....
Justin's pick up went a little smoother....although when I got to his school..they were having a fire drill....took me about fifteen minutes to bust him out...had to take them home...get overnight bags, take Tim to pick up his check, the list goes on and on....

My Christmas Party for work last night was fun....karaoke was fun...I sang, or attempted to sing, three songs......I embibed way too much wine....therefore I suffered greatly all day long today..there are pictures..I think I embarrassed myself on more than one occasion...but all in all, it was nice to kick back, have some drinks/dinner and have some fun after my stressful day....

Today....I celebrated Christmas with my lovely family...cooked a huge meal.....everyone got what they wanted.....(except for me...nope, no camera), ate a lot and hubster is taking the older two boys back to their dad's as I type....they are having their Christmas with him and his immediate family, step children, new wife, etc....tonight.
Tomorrow morning, we are leaving for South Carolina, driving....oh joy...usually takes 15 hours are so....WE are dropping Aaron off at his loser fathers house for Christmas, and Max is going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a week...we are picking Justin, 14 year old, back up and he is going to go with us down South...
I am so excited to see my Mom and brother...I have not spent Christmas with them in 10 years....

So...I will be absent for about a week....don't miss me too much...um...ok..go ahead and miss me...tell me how forlorn you are without me...etc....I hopefully will be able to check in with all of you from my brothers house when I am down there....

I have to get off here...Aaron's room is a disaster....it looks as if a tornado ripped through it...If I don't help him clean it...he will just shove crap into his closet or under his bed..then I have to pack...

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and the happiest of Holidays!

Dixiechick...out!