Well, i'm back! I'm so tired, I missed everybody [well, almost everybody], I can't wait to get home, and possibly have ice cream, because that's what we did the last time one of us went on a long trip for over 4 days.
So, I come home, and all of a sudden it's "PRESENTS?!1/1!" And i'm like "o____o uhm, okay? Just stay in here, let me see what I have..." Because my mom specifically told me not to worry about her when it comes to presents. She did tell me to get Julie something, but almost everything in DC was just SO corny. I got all the good stuff [in my opinion] and I didn't want to get any duplicates, so I didn't get Julie anything. And I forgot .-. but that's not the point. The only one that actually specified what he wanted was my Dad, and my mom thinks I got him the stuff he wanted and not for her and Julie because I love him more. But the thing is, SHE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING!
So needless to say everyone got pissed, not because I forgot two people, just because I forgot JULIE. [my little sis btw] They wondered why I didn't get her a 'Disneyland' lollipop [one of those HUGE ones] at least, and I said that I didn't want to get anything broken, and I didn't want to get anything cheapo, because then I thought my mom would yell at me for doing such. So I didn't get her anything.
I went to my room because I was pretty mad. And so my mom comes in and starts complaining about how I didn't get anything for her birthday [which I missed because of my trip]. I TOLD her that she said "It's your trip, go ahead and spend the money on yourself, don't worry about me." She said that she was fine [so I don't see why she kept complaining] because I at least called her on her birthday. She was still pissed about Julie. So as soon as she left I started unpacking and dumped my purse out. Amongst my pennies I found a stamped penny someone must have given me as change by accident, so I gave that to her. My mom calmed down a bit there, and some more after I showed her the pictures I took of Arlington National Cemetary Section 33 [her lucky number] and the Presidential Seal with the year 1933 [FDR's presidency] on it.
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Thanks for the welcome home everybody. It was great [/sarcasm] [this isn't a regular post, so no pics or anything.]