Back in Norcal for Christmas this year! Missed the family Christmas last year to stay in Irvine with Trent, and that was the first time I hadn’t spent at least a few days in December back home, so it’s nice to be back this time of year :)

New netbook in my possession since two days ago which is so awesomely small and smooth and portable and not the 12 pounds that I have to lug here and there anymore. Acquired as a gift from aforementioned manfriend as a thoughtful, “Do not want you to lug 12 pounds of machine here and there constantly just to maintain necessary contact with electronics” (paraphrased). Also got a beautiful handmade vintage bracelet from his mums. Very embarassingly, it was half unexpected so I didn’t gift her. I should have acted on the half-expected part :|

My own family never gifts each other though so the habit is very lacking. I happened to pick up something for mom because there was an amazing sale at the Coach outlet in Las Vegas, and a random I saw at Best Buy for dad, but it is a first.

Leaving for our uncle’s place soon where there will apparently be a lot lot of people. Picture opportunities! SF possibly on Saturday, then Yosemite on Sunday. Excited :)

I’ve started drinking diluted plum vinegar. What the crap. Yea, my mom brought me a bottle and said it would be good for me. (She says lots of things are good for me.) I said, “Ma, I’m not going to drink vinegar, please take it back.” Well, she left it and now I’m drinking it. I happen to like vinegar to begin with, and the plum vinegar is kind of sweet. Just 1-2 tablespoons in a cup of water. According to the internets there are a lot of health benefits to drinking cider vinegar. I can’t attest to any of those though since so many new things have been introduced to my routine recently, but I don’t see any harm in it yet.

Tangent: That bottle was impossible to open. I tried a regular hand towel for grip for a few minutes, then running the cap under hot water, then both of those combined. Eventually I had to use the rubber bottom of a rug for lack of other rubber materials in the house. Not my most graceful moment. Victory, nonetheless.