MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!!!

My the time this posts, it will, technically, be the day AFTER Christmas... But...

I worked both Christmas Eve and Christmas. Which is okay. I can use the money. PLUS, I got Thanksgiving off and may very well have New Year's Eve New Year's Day off, so no complaints.

My favorite Christmas gift is probably a call from Gnomey! :D

She called me at 6:00 pm Christmas Eve, which would be midnight Christmas for her! THE MOMENT is turned Christmas she called me! (hee-hee) Also, she's feeling better!!! Yay! :D And when we talked she said she felt like a kid again because she just couldn't wait until Christmas morning proper, lol. (OMG, could she be MORE lovable?! I think not!)

Also, I got to spend Monday with Tisha! She was in town, so I got to do a sort of family dinner thing with Tisha and many of my ex-in-laws. It was cool! We played some Liar's Dice/Pirate Dice and chatted and ate AMAZING food. It was all very, very groovy! Tisha & I even got to sort of slip away and just catch up with each other away from the rest of the family.

Tuesday, I had to cancel a visit to the Trail of Lights because my body's acting weird -- I have the symptoms of a chest cold or head cold (runny nose & cough) but without the headache and energy drain that let's me know I'm actually sick. So that was a bummer.

HOWEVER, Brian took that opportunity to cook a traditional Christmas dinner. So we watched Christmas movies and pigged-out and generally we of good cheer, celebrating the season the best we can.

Then Wednesday, Christmas Eve, I wake up to a call from my sweetheart! I do the work-thang and it's groovy enough. I visit NORAD Tracks Santa org once, but Santa's already in full swing so I figure I'll give my virtual Santa-tracking a miss this year. But I did take the time to check out this year's Homestar Runner toon! :)

I get home and Brian & I gamble in the virtual (PS2) Hard Rock Casino while listening to Christmas Carols. (That was particularly fun because Lewis Black has a bit about spending Christmas in Vegas.)

I woke up to a slew of wonderful text messages wishing us a Merry Christmas (the 1st or 2nd one was from Gnomey), and even Happy New Year. And Brian was still playing Christmas movies/specials, so I got some Frosty the Snowman and The Muppet Christmas Carol before coming into work.

And now it's time for me to get to work in earnest. I've got a lot to do between now and the end of my shift. However, as I work I'll be milking the last drop of Christmas I can: I'll be listening to The Adventures of Superman (OTR show), specifically the "Looking For Kryptonite" run (which, for OTR or Superman nerds out there, immediately follows "The Atom Man" and "The Atom Man In Metropolis" runs, back in 1945). The reason I consider this extending the Christmas Spirit is because the show ran through Christmas Eve and Christmas and the characters acknowlege this within the show. So... You get it, right?

But I wanted to check in and wish everyone a Merry Yule-tide!!! I hope you receive more blessings than you can count!!!

:D