well, it all worked out better than i thought.

managed my usual traditional present-opening spree yesterday (i got many many pretties...) and even made it out to Repentigny on my own this year (wrestling control from my father was actually fairly easy, though i dare say he regretted it when it came time for me to drive home alone in a snowstorm).

speaking of snow: SNOW!!! i love it. driving in it makes me tense as all hell, but i still love it. it's absolutely beautiful, even when you're digging the car out from under it.

the evening went surprisingly well, with many games of, of all things, pictionary. my french vocabulary is now vastly improved, and i believe i may be psychic. i also found out my cousin is at McGill... that makes the only two grandchildren in the all-french family in english university... *lol*

ballot is still not a verb.