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.
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