Belated Christmas 2007

Well, seeing as how I always procrastinate and begin everything later than I should, here is a late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

On Christmas Eve, as is tradition in our house, we opened gifts in which the "big" gift that I asked for was Guitar Hero for the Wii. And of course, my parents somehow found the thing. There was some slight thought in the back of my mind that I might not get it since everywhere I went it was sold out, as everything is for the Wii. They did find it however, as does the most amazing parents ever. My mom told me that for about two weeks she was at the local electronic stores at opening and they were sold out. She went to Toy's R Us for a big Christmas sale and the by some haphazard chance went to the Target next door thinking they wouldn't possibly have the game. Much to her surprise they had about five in stock and she got one!

So far I have beaten the game on easy difficulty and I am currently working on medium.

Anyways back to the presents, I also got some A&M gear which I was psyched for! Any gear for my future college is great considering that I had no clue my entire life where I wanted to go until the end of summer.

Finally after everyone had finished opening their gifts there was one last big box left wrapped that wasn't in any wrapping paper that I had ever seen before. My parents picked it up and mom said "Josh, I bestow the last gift of Christmas to you son. You know we (my dad and mom) love you."

At this point I was like crap, what is in the box. Is it going to be a joke, make me laugh or cry? I opened the box up in which I could immediately tell that it was my grandmother's wrapping...not kid friendly. After getting the paper off I opened the cardboard box and then much to my surprise a laptop appeared. It was amazing and I couldn't even speak for a while. I mean I had expected to get one, but we are talking in about five months when graduation time roles around. As bad as it sounds, I almost cried. If you ever need a major surprise for a gift, give someone something they are totally not expecting.

Anyways, the laptop is amazing, because dad ordered it custom. As he says he logged the days it took to ship from China...nerd. Just kidding, he's awesome and translated after all the computer jargon comes out...it's top of the line.

This makes me truly appreciate what my parents will do for me. They are the best parents anyone could ever possibly ask for.

On another happy note, Happy 2008! I can't believe graduation is almost here, the time when I will have to say goodbye to some of my friends that I've known since elementary school. Their college bound endeavors will be another time.