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Ah the day after Christmas. The day the bills come rolling in due, the hangover of yesterday sneaks up on you, and over all you go what the fuck just happened? It's not so bad around here. We had a good quiet Christmas and everything was budgeted for so no surprises come January.

Woke up at 4:16, and amazingly enough B was up at 5:30. We toasted some bagels and settled in to open present at 6. Took us almost 2 hours to open everything. Got some nice stuff yesterday. Some practical, some silly, some decorative. Highlights include a new vaporizer battery, a really nice leather laptop case for the road from B, a framed shadow box from B which has all our Guest of the Day stuff in it - I really was surprised and touched by that gift -, Nakamichi bluetooth headphones for the road (they rock. I tested them yesterday and man they are great. I might even use them for teaching.), some clothes and shoes (a nice pair of boots and Keds), a new 5tb hard drive, a really sweet 7-port USB hub, Lego Batman 3, and some books. There's more, but I always feel guilty listing out everything. I don't know why, especially here, but it just seems like everyone always judges. B enjoyed her presents as well. She said something to me while we were making dinner that really made me feel good. She has disliked Christmas as she has gotten older because it felt like no one listened to her or seemed liked they knew her when it came to giving presents. She was always disappointed because she would get the most random stuff and not know how to respond. Therefore she was always uncomfortable opening gifts in front of other people. But with me, I listen. I really do when it comes to gifts. I buy people things they actually asked for on their lists or posts or whatever. Take this one item for example; I got her a crystal pineapple shaped candy dish. Back at the end of October she sent me a link to an auction on eBay for this thing saying she wanted it. I said okay. That was the end of it. I bid on it, won it, stuck it away, and bam, Christmas gift. She was blown away by that simple gift because she remembered wanting it and figured it wouldn't happen since no one buys her things she wants. In the end she was elated with everything Santa brought her. I gave her Christmas joy back. And yeah, THAT"S what Christmas is about. Spreading joy and happiness. I just happen to do it with presents because that's what I am good at.

We did go to the store after opening everything and putting stuff away. We wanted some lunch and things for dinner. The store was a fucking madhouse. Just crazy. We got what we needed and left as quickly as possible. That was it. We were back in. Since B got up so early she took a nap. I cleaned up things and started working on setting up the new HDD. I am using it specifically for movies which meant I needed to move 1.53TB from one drive to another. That took all day. I just started the process of adding them all back in from there new location. While B slept I played Batman. Yay Batman!

When B woke up I made dinner. We relaxed together, opened new stuff, checked out some of the stuff she got, and headed to bed around midnight. A good long day. Today I am taking the day off because fuck you, it's the day after Christmas. I don't understand how office workers are expected to work today. It's just dumb. Work Wednesday and Friday. Um sure. So much is going to get done today. Nope. Not going to do it. Taking the day off. We are going to head out with a friend and have a nice lunch.