It always gets better

I hope things start to feel normal again. This Christmas season was very soul enriching but it was too very taxing on the emotions. Ah, it's always good to see my mom and my grandmother.....smelling and eating a pile of grandma's tortillas are always especially good. It makes me try to remember how my Nali's tortillas tasted...oh yeah, I remember. Ha ha. I recall one time at a Nakai Dine'e family reunion I had won the fried bread contest and I think it was that she was one of the judges. The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Hee hee.

Well, it was good to see my dad and my brother. My dad seem to be in good health but seemed to be still rather lonely since I left to live and working in Albuquerque. Hopefully it a few years I will earn my Professional Engineer's license and move back to the Farmington area, I really miss being able to go home and for my dad to come and visit his granddaughters. I know he was at his happiest when he was able to do this. I've got a year and a half before I'm eligible for the P.E. exam so hopefully it will be sooner than later. I do wish we could stay here in the Albuquerque area but my folks are getting to that age where I should be around for them.
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About a month ago I sold my little Toyota truck. I was kind of reluctant to part ways with it because it took me back and forth from Shiprock to Flagstaff while earning my degree at NAU. It was like a loyal horse. Oh well, I wasn't driving it at all, couldn't fit two carseats in it (two seater), and, plus, a stack of dead presidents made it kind of easy. An awesome Christmas morning was well worth it. Oh yeah, I'll be tripping over a buttload of My Little Ponies and Polly Pockets for a while. It all went pretty well and every body was happy with what they got and I was way happy I was able to give a little bit.



Oh yeah, I had to take care of my self too. Now my other truck goes VVRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!! Ha ha. Twice Pipes, Baby!!!

One of the best parts of the whole season was to see my mom's excitement to get new lighting in her home. For years, she lived with some shitty floresent lights in her kitchen. She saw what I had done in my own kitchen so I thought that would be a good gift for her on Christmas.




As a kind of a poor kid growing up, this Christmas was one of the better ones despite some underlying problems. Really, being able to give instead of receiving is way better. I hope you all had a kick ass Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!