What did you do for Christmas and/or Christmas Eve?
I had a reprieve this year as our Christmas party was the 14th and not the 21st. Huge success resulting in just 4 of us for Xmas, so Wife gave me a reprieve from any more family Christmas stuff as I went above and beyond for the party.
Awaken at 4:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve and off at 5:14 for a lovely drive in the snow to Vermont. 5" new overnight, 10" in the last 3 days and no one there. Skiing powder and bumps is physical and being old after 1/2 day I was done (had plans) and off to..........the Xmas party at Rhode Island Dolls. Plenty of dancers, few customers, no food. 20 Years ago half the club was food.
Great looking, very young dance crew right now and the first dancer I see is the lovely Luna, who as promised many months ago, leaves who she is with and comes over to chat while I get massages from the hottest woman in Rhode Island. Had a blast. Nothing like being the only one spending. Great Christmas Eve day followed by Wife's chicken parm and red wine. Got hammered and went to bed.
4:20 the alarm goes off and back into the car and on the way to Vermont for a day of skiing super-fast on the groomed, then after 2/3 of the day home for Christmas dinner leftovers and back at work today. What did you do?
I celebrated with my kids. Which really means...
On Christmas Eve I scrambled to make sure all the presents were accounted for an prepped for the tree. Then I cooked, cleaned and did the Santa thing when it got late.
On Christmas I sat with the kids while they did their annual gift opening. After that I cooked and cleaned a heck of a lot more, lmao. I managed to sneak in some football along the way and the food was great, but it was a very busy day for me.
I'm wiped. Not only from the last 2 days, but the several before it, where I was wrapping up client work for year-end while also preparing for Christmas. I managed to slip one nice OTC adventure into the stretch, but otherwise I was going from early morning to well into the night for almost 2 solid weeks.
So today I'm done. In my industry, the week between Christmas and New Year is unofficially a holiday, so I'm on duty but not really, lol. There's also plenty of food lying around here for the kiddos and if they want something else I'll order delivery. No heavy lifting for me today, though if I get a second win this evening I might let one of my go-to options do some heavy lifting on me later. 😉