ANA Y3 D212

We had a great day yesterday. Extremely long, some anxiety, but overall it was a damn fine Xmas. I was up at 3:54am and started cooking. Had everything packed and ready to go by about 6:15. Then it was presents time! We tried to be very practical with gifts this year. Nothing that is just going to sit on the shelf and take up space. The only real indulgence was the ice cream maker. But we will use it for sure. I have some fresh strawberries coming in next week's grocery order and I think that might be one of our first batches. After getting presents opened, we got ready to go to C's sister's house. The dog was the biggest stress factor on that. It was a 90 minute drive and the first 30 were rough. She finally settled down and we made it one piece. This was her first time around other dogs freely and this many people at once. We had a couple of moments but otherwise fine. I did "win" the white elephant. Through some strategic picking I ended up with a really cool Lego set. Best gift out of all 9. We did have some dinner issues. Too many cooks, too small an oven, etc. We got there at 1 and didn't eat until 6:15. We loaded up the car around 7:30 and headed home. The ride home was much better as she was exhausted from her hard day. We got home and we ALL collapsed in bed at 9:30pm.

Today is my slow day. Going to put away new clothes. Set up my new monitor. Read the manual for the ice cream maker. Tomorrow I am cleaning so today I will take it easy. 

I hope you and yours had a great day yesterday. Much love.

ANA Y3 D211

I AM AWAKE!! IT IS XMAS!! AAAAA!

Time to cook. Open presents. Go see people! AAA!

Much excite!

I spent the day in the kitchen yesterday as expected. Finally starting to feel like I have time off. Only took 4 daays. Sheesh.

ANA Y3 D210

I did not feel good yesterday. Was throwing up and just had no energy. Pushing myself too hard lately. I ended up sleeping for 3 hours in the middle of the day. Felt better. Made a bland dinner of tilapia, rice, and broccoli.

Only 18 hours until Xmas!! WOOOO!

ANA Y3 D209

Long day yesterday. Got more cookies baked. Planned on food to bring wednesday. Made lamb for dinner. Watched a movie.

ANA Y3 D208

I had the absolute worst dream of my life last night. I woke up at 12:58am sobbing. It was like a play by play of every bad decision I've ever made. It was horrible. I still can't shake it.

The universe decided to play one last trick on me. I spent yesterday with roto rooter here. Yep. Two clogs this time. $515. Lovely. I did manage to knock a couple of things off my to do list at least. Hopefully more to come today.

ANA Y3 D207

I have claws again! Meow!

Well I am free for a while. I am going to enjoy this time off even if it kills me. Only 36 people showed up to my presentation yesterday. Got my nails done. Did a gift exhange with our friend.

Today starts my list of to dos. First stop, groceries.

ANA Y3 D206

My meeting yesterday morning was fine. Normally I have been getting 100 or so people per each of the sessions. Yesterday I had 60. We will see how many we get today. Who schedules something for this time of year? This is my final day. At 3pm today I am done. I will set my out of office and not think about this shit until the 31st.

The rest of the day dragged like crazy. I know today is going to be even worse. Made pasta for dinner. Crashed out around 9:30pm.

Getting my nails done tonight and hanging out with a friend. It's snowing. Thoughts are all over the place.

ANA Y3 D205

I have a presentation at 8am. Apparently I am no longer allowed to bring up my puppy. WTF? Who is offended by puppies? Another fucking mark against me doing any work for this group in 2025. DO NOT BE HUMAN BEEP BOOP. 

Sigh. I finished my shit yesterday. Made quesadilla for dinner. Just done with all of it.

ANA Y3 D204

"Wake up, I'm horny."

1am. For the second time in my life, my partner has woken me up in the middle of the night wanting me. Think about that for a second. We've had plenty of intimacy this year. Not like that first year, but to be fair, I was trying to prove something that first year. But there's something primal and urgent about being wanted. Wanted to the point where they are asleep, wake up, and desire YOU. It adds another layer of closeness and passion. Makes me feel good. Makes me feel cared about and desired. That's important to the ego for sure. Needless to say, we had some early morning fun even with the dog on the bed and trying not to wake her.

Got another demo done yesterday. Two more to go and I am done. I should be able to get one more done this morning and start the framework on the last one. We went to the store after dinner (tacos) to pick up another gift for our friend we're seeing Friday night. C wanted to get him something directly from her. We got home, played games with our online friends, went to bed.

Three more days and I am done.

ANA Y3 D203

186 hours until Xmas. Four days until I am done for the year and can sleep past 6am for a while. I can make it.

Nothing exciting yesterday. Had a meeting. Worked on stuff. Made ribs for dinner. Nothing else going on. Trying to be quiet and lay low this week. Tight week until Friday so no money spending. No leaving the house except as emergency. Save gas. Save money. Make it to Xmas.