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My Life Thus Far
Pain Ruins Everything
Christmas 2015 is in the bag! I usually enjoy watching the kids open their presents. I love the togetherness of hanging out at home. Getting their new toys up and running, and all or that. Yet, today it wasn't as enjoyable as previous years. It started out so lovely, too...
Usually the kids wake me up at some ungodly hour, but today I woke up to a kiss on the forehead from Snookums. He'd gotten up early and went to Safeway. They had the cinnamon rolls Central didn't have, and he got more firewood. As well as snacks for the kids. I came out of our bedroom to the smell of fresh coffee brewing, and there was a roaring fire going. It was a wonderful start to the day. I made breakfast, and then the kids dived into their gifts. They loved what they got, but in my mind I was thinking of all the things I would have liked to of gotten them.
I'm torn between trying to be less of a materialistic consumer, but I still like nice things. I want my kids to have the things I didn't have as a kid. I'm not a slave to possessions, but why can't I like shopping and having something to show for all my work? It's not like I can run out and buy a house anytime soon. But I digress...
The rest of the day was just... blah. The kids played with their new things, I played games on my new phone, and tended to the fire. My back has been really angry today, and I think that's part of the problem. Pain ruins everything.
I was supposed to work at 10am tomorrow, but Sara texted me and asked me to come in early because our district manager will be there... again. It feels like she's in our store every week. So, now I'm going in at 8:45am. Which is fine, the fitting room hasn't been cleaned or vacuumed since the last time I opened more than a week ago, and I can't work in there with it like that anymore. So, off to bed I go since I'm getting up early tomorrow.
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