Book a flight back home. Shop Amazon for gifts for your siblings. Exchange e-mails with your siblings on what to get Mom and Dad. Have no idea what to get Mom and Dad. Poll friends, co-workers, strangers on what to get Mom and Dad. Settle on Costco gift cards and a Roomba.
Post your travel plans on Facebook. Read comments from friends that “want to hang out when you are back in town.” Check the weather back home. Shudder at the thought of colder weather. Receive an e-mail from your parents to pick up Vietnamese food from Eden Center to fly back home. Shudder at the thought of shopping in Eden Center.
Fly back to Boston. Have parents pick you up. Argue with parents about why you don’t want to be a lawyer and why you would be a terrible litigator. Avoid questions about girlfriends. Wish you didn’t fly back to Boston.
Trim the tree with your family, post photos of your Christmas Tree on Facebook and Twitter. Watch It’s A Wonderful Life, Elf, or A Christmas Story on TV. Show Mom how to use her new cell phone. Fix Dad’s computer/printer/router.
Go to only bar in town. See old classmates, teachers, and townies all in the same place. Talk to old friends. Repeat same post-college life story to all who ask, “so what’s new with you?” Reminisce about high school. See college-aged students partying on the dance floor. Realize you are really old.
Wake-up next day with mild hangover. Sleep in til 2 PM. Get woken up by parents who insist it’s time to open presents. Realize the older you get, the later in the day you open presents. Take endless family photos in front of the tree. Post a holiday status message on Facebook. Receive 15 mass-texts from friends. Open presents. Get excited over gift cards and a scarf. Realize you are really old.
Gather for a family dinner. Consume nothing but carbs, fat, and sugar. Avoid questions of when you are getting married, starting a family, or finding a girlfriend. Realize you need to get out of the house. Go to the movies.
Figure out how to pack all your gifts into your carry-on. Realize you didn’t see half the friends you wanted to see. Make promises to see them next year.
Fly back to Washington, DC. Wonder if you’ll ever move back home. See The Mall from 35,000 feet. Remember why you love Washington, DC.
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