Boxing Day and It's Over
December 26, 2015 at 7:52 pm,
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My sister, her partner, Nephew, his partner, gorgeous Great Nephew and his doggy all came over for lunch today. These are the occasions I enjoy most with the whole family and the Lord Love Interest was there too. I missed him yesterday.We exchanged presents and I did a buffet of cold meats, coronation chicken, jacket potatoes and other bits and bobs.
First though, Mum and I went to Tesco's and pottered around. However, our pottering resulted in way too many bags of shopping for even me to carry so we pushed the trolley as far as we could across the car park, left Mum there with the trolley as I took four of the bags to the corridor of the flat, ran back to Mum and she carried the chicken fillets whilst I took the two heavier bags.
I then had to find room in my already packed fridge to put Mum's things in which meant getting the cold bag out, putting my stuff in that, giving Mum a whole shelf for hers and wondering why oh why did she need yogurts when she is not going home till Monday.
The boys are a bit better today although SN2 didn't get to sleep until four this morning due to the pain in his mouth but felt a bit better after catching up. On the other hand SN1 had the best night sleep for five nights. This meant that both were in a much better mood and frame of mind.
I was a tad stressed this morning due to taking too long in Tesco's, kitchen a mess, sons noticing the kitchen in an mess and commenting. In fact the whole of Christmas which, despite what SN1 says (he says I can't do Christmas), has surprised me regarding stress factor as I am normally super organised.
My vision of all hands on deck, Doris Day perfect family Christmas failed spectacularly and ended in hospital trips, ill sons, me practically doing everything (apart from one unloading of dishwasher, iroining the tablecloth that SN2 did yesterday and searing the beef which SN1 did & he did check it from time to time but everything else....) and it made me realise, that I am very much a singleton with no one to work in a team with for that Doris Day smiley Christmas.
I can do Christmas.....just not on my own and especially with the underlying worry of sons being sick, Mum being quiet and the kitchen being in a permanent disarray (the kitchen thing was and still is the biggest stress factor).
Luckily, I had more help today but there was no trifle and still no bloody cheesecake that I was meant to make yesterday.
This year, my Christmas presents that I spent a tad more than I normally do as I clearly had no idea what I was thinking of, have been met with cynicism, a luke warm reception and indifference. I had put a lot of thought in those but as I said I was thinking on another planet.
I bought handbags that came from flipping Hong Hong, arrived the wrong colour resulting in emails telling me that they were never pink, it was my screen that was making them pink.
The whole present thing has upset me and they could have cost a quid or a hundred quid, I would have felt the same.
Still never mind, as the LLI said, it is done and I will know for next year.
Now I know it sounds like it has been a miserable Christmas but it hasn't, it's just for a roast dinner, it has been hard work.
I have loved having Mum over, I loved the boys being here (although I am not sure they did) and I loved the family do today. And it was only this morning when I felt the pressure really and that was the kitchen.
No it has been a lovely Christmas. Just a little harder than this singleton thought it would be.
Love
J C Ritzen