i'm in tierp, where we had a second christmas with my parents, the oldest little brother and the youngest little sister yesterday. i've just tried one of my christmas gifts: some kind of pink spagetti that makes bubbles and smells of roses when you put it in the bathtub. and the little sister has painted my finger nails lilac instead of red. and we're going to watch a film in bed every night before we go to sleep (yesterday: scream 2, today: in her shoes).

we spent the first christmas at tommy's brother's, with tommy's brother, tommy's brother's girlfriend, the nephew, the niece, the parents in law, tommy's brother's girlfriend's father + wife + children and tommy's brother's girlfriend's mother + children. it was much nicer than i had expected. i was worrying that it would be like "tomten är far till alla barnen" with so many people around, but most of the time everything went well and people behaved. this was the first christmas since i met tommy that his parents did't give me a book about how to become a good christian, or with proof that the christian religion is the truth. instead they gave me a book about cats. i thought that was sweet of them. maybe they have finally accepted that they have a family member that is not going to join them in heaven.

tomorrow we're going to stockholm to meet jm and christina, and take them with us to tierp to wait for the new year.

now i'm going to go downstairs to say hi to my mother's cousin, who came when i was in the bathtub.  ¶ 7:26 PM