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Yesterday ended up being better than I thought it would be. Have low expectations and one is never disappointed, right? Spent the majority of the day alone. B worked from 8 until 2:30. She was very happy and frustrated about this at the same time. Happy because it was time and a half and she made more in one day than she used to make in a week back at one of her old jobs. For her this was a great day. A tiring long day, but she is focused on the outcome of her next check which will probably be the single largest check she has received to date. Good for her on that count. I am happy that she is happy. While she was at work, I ironed and sat around doing pretty much nothing. It was pretty enjoyable. I watched some shows, played some video games, and paced. To be honest I would have been content if that had been my whole day. But this was B's first holiday away from family and I knew it was important for her that we be around people.

When she got home we headed over to our friend's house. We got there a little after 3 and it turned out we were the only ones to accept the invitation. I felt both good and bad about that. Good that we were there for them, bad that we didn't have any other family of our own to be spending the day with instead. It was all good. They had actually timed dinner based on our arrival. I guess they knew we were going to be the only other ones there. Dinner was your standard stuff and I was given the honor of cutting up the turkey same as last year. We had turkey and stuffing and all the usual suspects. Ate a moderate amount but didn't gorge. We ate around 4 which while earlier than normal wasn't a 2:30 meal at least. Never understood that.

The downsides of yesterday? My friends had been drinking since noon and it showed. By 4 they were well into drunk. The upside is B and my director bonded like never before. This makes me happy. She even gave B one of her rings. That's a huge thing. She has only ever given jewelry to one other friend in her life. Yes, B cried. Even I teared up a bit. Some other folks came over around 6:30 or so and we made our exit around 8 when the same stories were being repeated for the fourth time. I have a feeling that it was about to go out of control in another hour or so. This is why we made our exit while things were still positive.

We got home around 9 and collapsed. After 4 straight days B just wanted sleep. She also told me if I wake her up this morning she will kill me. Sleep my woman, sleep.

Today we have NOTHING to do. I refuse to leave the house today even for the smallest thing. I should just go back to bed...