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A bell.
So I figured out why I always get depressed on Christmas Day without fail.

It’s not just because me and my dad don’t get on. It’s not that he’s a bad person though. Don’t go thinking that. It’s just because we don’t interact with each other more than a couple of times a year so he doesn’t know how to deal with me (because I am a sensitive creature).
It’s not just that though. Tiredness adds more kindling so to speak. So just one tiny spark and that’s it. I’m always tired. I’ve just had another nap so I’m awake enough for this now. I tried to have a little nap before Doctor Who but that was just an eye rest really.
Remember I told you about the nice furry cushion I got a while ago. I’ve been using it for naps at my desk. It’s very nice but my arm does still go numb from leaning on it but not as quickly as when I don’t have a cushion.

I started being annoyed with my dad because I’d tried for about 3 hours to get to sleep until I actually did, only to be woken by my phone ringing 10 minutes before I’d set my alarm for 9am. A little late since I still had to hoover and stick up the decorations but it shouldn’t take me that long I figured. I ignored it, hoping to get a little snooze time at least. He called the house and mum got up which was very unfair on her as she’d only just gone to bed because she’d been up late plucking the turkey (she made me go to bed before she got round to doing the turkey so I wasn’t there to help). I told her to ignore it for 10 minutes. Then he called me again then the house again and she went down to answer it. He’d be round in half an hour because he wanted to beat the traffic of all the people going to church.

So because of that mum and I didn’t have our traditional little slice of Christmas morning. So I saved it for after he’d gone. And I held two little things back that I’d got mum so that I could open the little bag of things she’d got me and she could open the only things that I actually went out and bought myself. I’m holding the last thing (because it was a 3 for 2 at the time) for her birthday. Satsuma hand cream and hand sanitiser. I know it seems a silly thing but she got them earlier in the year and really liked them so I filed that information away for Christmas.

Seriously? Last year we were at my uncle’s for about 2 hours and half the time was spent saying nothing and watching a Carry On film because it was on and there was nothing else to do.
It was exactly the same this year except it was a boring wild west film.

Mum padded the chair with a dog bed again and he didn’t notice/complain. He peed a lot during the day which was suspicious because he hadn’t drunk anything at our house of my uncle’s. He was the same last year and won’t hear of prostate problems even though frequent peeing is a warning sign. But mention of that (and that he wouldn’t go for all that) brought up the fact that a friend of his had various issues, a colonoscopy and had benign tumours removed from his bowels. Charming.

Dinner (I call it dinner but it’s lunch really) was good as usual. Unwrapping of gifts followed before Doctor Who. My dad received 2 sets of thermals, socks, a metal mug (so he can use it for various things), a measuring tape that he requested that mum got from work at an employee discount and a very useful and versatile work light that he kept playing around with.

Mum received a bottle of Baileys, M&S gift card, a chocolate orange, a Baileys mug, coconut chocolate sweets that she likes, a packet of flying saucers because I know she likes them, some snug socks because she always complains of cold feet and a furry/fleecy pyjama top with a hood because I know she gets cold in the mornings (she’s been wearing it the whole time and looks very comfy).

For myself were internet security, Assassin Creed, a M&S gift card, snug reindeer (what I like to call) over pyjamas (because when it’s cold I wear thinner pyjamas with thicker ones on top which I usually take off at bed time so I don’t overheat in my sleep), a new diary, earphones (for some reason mum keeps getting them even though I haven’t used them yet because my old ones still work), two pairs of long socks (because I can never get the length of sock I prefer), an i tunes gift card (because I don’t like to have i tunes connected to a bank account in case of hackers/scammers), a jigsaw puzzle (we get one every year), a fun blanket with a hood and bunny ears which I’ve been wearing the whole time (it goes with my bunny slippers even though it’s dark grey and my slippers are sandy) and some chocolate salted caramel pinecones that I was curious about but couldn’t find a price for in the store so left them be (but the price was actually reasonable) because I have a thing for salted caramel these days (though I find most to be lacking in the level of saltiness I like).

The dog has a nice new dog bed that she seems to like very much

I think that’s everything. But it shouldn’t matter too much if I’ve missed anything out.
It’s been a nice day.

It’s been very windy today and it’s been raining and I have to take the dog out and it’s almost midnight but at least she doesn’t seem desperate to go out. Christmas tends to mess up our timings of things but it’s alright (as long as the dog doesn’t suffer for it).
I’m going now.