And all through the house, was a pile of dishes, unwashed by my spouse.
Ha ha, clever rhyme. TOTALLY not his fault - we have been without hot water for 48 hours. Heat - yes. Water - yes. Heated water - no. And since all the natural gas contractors are busy with people with no HEAT, we have 'low priority'. Argh.
Fortunately, I can shower at the gym at work. Which I would have done today had I not woken up with a raging migraine (that's 2 in less than a week, and I have no migraine meds. Must see doctor in new year). Spent half the day in bed and half on the couch finishing the Christmas knitting. No pictures, not because the gift-ees read this, but because I cleverly wrapped all the presents this evening whilst watching "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and "Rudolph". Nothing like stop-motion animation to make a person with throbbing brain pain feel festive.
And now there are two days of office work left, and two days of Michaels work left, before my Christmas holiday break. I can do this. Things have been a little more "interesting" than is strictly good for me, lately (long stories - family stuff mostly), and to be honest I really REALLY need the extended break. I have from suppertime Sunday the 23rd until the morning of the 29th with no (employment) work. That's the longest I've gone without working since... well, the fact I can't remember should be a clue I need the break.
Ok, enough whingeing. Stuff to look forward to (other than six days without working):
1) Christmas breakfast at work - we go to the buffet breakfast and have a good feed, then go back up to the office and goof off the rest of the day Friday before going home for the holiday break.
2) Dinner and movie at Bundy & Kid's - after 8 hours at Michaels' on Saturday, this is going to be HEAVEN.
3) Dinner and a good long visit with Peter's family - the non-evil brother and his lovely wife are kidnapping us from Sunday evening to Monday lunchtime, to spend at their new home. As a guest, I get to do NOTHING! I look forward to this an unimaginable amount.
4) Christmas Eve at Bundy & Kid's - the moms, the friends, the festivity, not to mention the food. All it lacks is my dad reading the pop-up "Night Before Christmas" but really, that tradition is kind of gone by now. Besides, B&K are 15 minutes from our house, so we can stay later than we would at Mom & Dad's anyway.
5) Christmas Day - yup, I'm a big sucker for it, and trying SO much this year to not stress about stuff. We have found a Starbucks that will be open Christmas Day that is (sort of) enroute from our house to the folks' place. We have gifts (mostly ready and wrapped, even). All I need to do is make my spiked cranberry sauce and a couple of pies, which I can do in the morning before we leave. Then we can have a nice relaxed afternoon of gifts, a good dinner, and still be home at a reasonable hour. And then...
6) THREE DAYS OF WHATEVER THE HECK I WANT TO DO!!! Boxing Day Peter and I will probably hibernate and/or visit with the neighbours. But then he goes back to work Thursday and Friday, and I don't. WoW and books and knitting and movies. And lots and lots of sleep.
And, after New Year's, well - a new year. I have some plans percolating. Well, actually they're at the "beans have been picked and roasted but not yet ground" stage, so not QUITE percolating. But they're in there.
Happy holidays all!
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