Coming Home to Kansas

I used to hate the holidays trying to figure out how to divide the time. I have never gotten along with my inlaws especially steve's mom. I wanted to spend as little time as possible at their house (plus smelling and feeling like you gad sat in the middle of an ashtray is not a good thing) &refused to alternate xmas and thanksgiving. We were eating two thanksgiving and xmas dinners when we made the trek from nebraska. The longer we lived there the less we came back due to having to work the next day. Plus it was easier to be with us opening presents and having dinner with friends (always someone who had nowhere to go cuz they couldnt fly home airmen dont make much). Since they got divorced its much easier. His dad got remarried and likes to go to missouri to spend time with his family on xmas. So we do xmas with them before and his mom moved to florida with her boyfriend. So she mails the gifts. Then xmas day is free to spend with my side. So now there is no pressure and i dont hate the holidays anymore!