The 17th & 18th; All my presents are finished!
The 17th of December. Much better night. I considered having a Zopiclone, but I thought I would probably get to sleep naturally and I'm glad to say I was correct.
It has been a rather festive day, by all accounts. It had a nice start because I saw Oscar in the garden! Haven't seen him for ages. Did a blog post, then I was called into the dining room to ice cakes for a hamper. It only took about an hour, but that time sitting at the table killed my back by the end. This does not bode well for wrapping day, considering last year it took me about six hours.
This afternoon, we decorated the tree! Or to put it more accurately, Mommy put things on it in accordance with my directions. I no longer have the lung capacity to move around so much nor the ability to stand for that long because it means agony for my back. I will probably still make adjustments by moving things around but it finally feels Christmassy in our house.
The 18th of December.
Another very Christmassy day!
I had some very stressful dreams about the gig last night, that it was happening and we'd only sold 100 tickets and I couldn't access the building and it was all terrible. I was so glad to wake up.
Mommy and I went into town this morning so I could get all my wrapping stuff and she could do more Christmas shopping. I started off in Tiger for the paper - I'd seen it online and I wanted to check that it looked the same in real life as it did on the internet. I went round the entire shop (which is not easy in the wheelchair) and found the paper I wanted by the tills. Then I went round again so I could get gift bags and boxes for a few of the things that would be impossible to wrap with just paper. Next was Paperchase for tags, but they didn't have the ones I wanted, so I had to go to the one in Selfridges where thankfully they had stock, plus tissue paper. No ribbon though. Back to Grand Central, where I went to John Lewis to see if I could find ribbon or wool to tie around my presents. The haberdashery was my saviour, so I got my ribbon. Last year I didn't get enough, so I may have bought too much, but I'd rather be safe than have to go back for more. No time for that now.
I met back up with Mommy in John Lewis, then we went to the German market so I could have a sausage because otherwise I won't have one and it's just not Christmas if I don't. They are very mean with the napkins - obviously they didn't order enough so it is one per person! Harsh.
Returned home, and this afternoon I put together Daddy's crocheted Christmas present while watching Miracle on 34th Street (fast-forwarding all the bits I don't like) and now all my presents are finished! I can finally relax about things, and have my wrapping day when I am ready.
Out at The Glee tonight for Joe's Crisis at Christmas gig! Great line-up; Joe Lycett, Joe Pasquale, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Tom Ward, Guz Kahn and Harry Hill. Very excited.
