I woke up about 6:30 this morning. Went in the living room and turned the tree on, sat down, and flipped around the channels. I took a shower and soon after my parents got up, Dad went for food at Bojangles. After breakfast Dad and I went up to Albemarle to do a little shopping. I bought Carlyn this knife he has been wanting. I don't know why he wants a pocket knife. I found this Santa thing for Mama. Bought a couple other little things.

I think the Christmas plans are nearly finalized. We're going to John's Christmas Eve before the candle lighting service at church. Then in the morning, we're meeting again over here for breakfast. Then, we'll go over to Mama's side of the family in the afternoon. We'll probably head over to Papa's again later in the day just to visit and stuff, even though he'll be at the Christmas Eve and Day get-togethers. It doesn't feel like Christmas unless I visit that house.

Carlyn is at basketball practice right now. He and I are planning on going to see Lord of the Rings Monday. Then I'll go buy Daddy something. He's gone to the grocery store at the moment. Why do I write stupid things such as this? Because I know when I'm 50 that it'll be nice to read about. I wish I had kept a thorough journal when I was younger. NCSU is playing right now; winning by almost 40 points. Those games are nice but just not as fun as the close, OH-MY-GOD-WE-HAVE-TO-SCORE-RIGHT-NOW-OR-DIE games.