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[girlofprey]

Well, after all that, it was a pretty successful Christmas I think. Or at least it was a relief after last year, and how awful that was. But we had a nice morning together, me and my mum and dad, I got most of the things I really wanted them to get me from my 'suggestions list', and they seemed to like their presents from me, or at least pretended that they did quite well. The dog got presents he enjoyed, and the cat got presents she enjoyed, and it was nice. Then all the kids came around, and despite the usual pushing and screaming, it was pretty nice - we even got some nice pictures of them enjoying their presents at their house. I say it was nice, they were only there for 3 hours and in the end it was like living inside a klaxon that was constantly going off, and me and mum were hiding in the kitchen. But there was no big drama, except when one of the kids scratched the hardwood floor in our Forbidden Dining Room, that we're only allowed into twice a year, and my dad stormed off. But he managed to keep his rage pretty much under wraps, and there were no big arguments that I heard of, and Christmas dinner was nice even though we forgot the parsnips, and then they left. And we had a pretty quiet Christmas evening in. Watched the Corrie Christmas episodes and hissed at Gina, and cheered for Sally and Tim (I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS MAKING PAPER CHAINS IN JAIL), and then went our separate ways. And it was nice.

It still feels weird that I have to go back to work tomorrow, but c'est la vie. It should be quiet at least, and I've requested some time off in January to try to chill out a bit, and it's only a few days till the weekend. It's an excuse to go into Leeds and pick up some cheap post-Christmas stuff as well. So I'm sure it'll be fine. But it still feels weird and not quite real.

I still have quite a bit of a bottle of coke to drink, and I am supposed to be going to bed and sleeping tonight so I can get up in the morning. We'll see how that goes.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Comments

[breyzyyin]

I'm glad that it ended up being a pretty successful Christmas. I was a little worried after that previous post, but it seems like it ended up okay! ♥

[slemslempike]

Hooray for not just surviving, but having a successful Christmas.