i'm bored..

ok so today I wasn't bored, but for the most part, whenever I come back to NYC i'm ttotally bored, well not NYC i guess mostly irvington. Went to see Liza Minellia at the palace on sunday after I landed with my family and then monday I just sat at home contacting people who i knew were home and off of work and no one wanted to hang out. On tues, my boredom hit critical mass and i bought my return ticket to LA as I couldn't stand staying here one more day! my original ticket was a mess so i had to buy 2 one way tickets and now try and figure out what I'm doing to do with my original. Back to liza, she kicked ass! I didn't know what she did, but she's this old singer and hasn't aged well but man can she belt out the tunes!!!! she's fantastic! my old boss used to be her driver for 2 years in NYC, but i never paid attention to her stories about Liza as I was like "Liza who now?"

so today is my favorite day of the year!!! i love love love christmas eve! Today I went shopping with my father very early, hit up the westchester mall and I was dreading it but it wasn't crowded at all, very pleased with that. my dad made us walk by every store to make sure we didn't want to get something for my mother for her stocking. this is an annual tradition! we always get the same things, but this year I got my dad to branch out a little and we even got something for her from sephora, one of these years i'm gonna get him to agree to buy something from victoria's secret!

then we went to barnes and noble and got some books and i had to run into irvington and tarrytown to get the finishing touches on my nephews gifts, I came home, wrapped them, wrapped my dads... oh speaking of my dad, he is the worst driver ever to get behind the wheel. if you see him on the road, run screaming. as we were driving today in white plains he was in the correct lane, but decided he wanted to be one over so he just went over and then he had to be in the right lane to make a right so he went back into the original lane and then we were going into the parking for the mall and we were in the right hand lane and then i said we need to be in the left lane and so he stayed in the right lane and made a right into the general deliveries area, so us and Fed ex were there. and then he go out of that and somehow narrowly escaped death and finally got into the parking lot, this is man who when he wants to switch lanes, he just slams on the brakes coming to a dead stop in the middle of the road, no matter who is behind us, and then waits to switch lanes, it's crazy. hes in such good shape, working out a few times a week and teaching at a local university and taking french classes so his mind is also so sharp and doesn't seem like he's months away from 70, so sometimes I forget that he's that old and that's why he's a total nightmare behind the wheel. it's hard to describe the terror and trauma and frustration driving with him, i'm not doing it justice, but i wouldn't want to wish that on anyone!

anyway, off to my friend sarah's party for christmas eve for an hour and then having dinner with the family and then off to church before we hit the road tomorrow for a long weekend with my brother and his family in Philly!! cannot wait!