You can’t Adam and Eve it! I over slept this morning. I am always an early riser around 5am most mornings no matter when I go to bed. Being late through my plans up in the air a bit but worst it made me grouchy. I hate rushing about so I was somewhat moody has I left the house for the butchers.
Being Christmas Eve, the shop opens early to dish out Christmas orders so I was out the door at 7am with my fingers crossed there was no great ruddy queue like last year. It just so happened I was pleasantly surprised there wasn’t, so that was a result. I always like to get this job out of the way early. Years back, it would have been an early dash to the supermarket to beat the crowds and do a full shop something I am glad we don’t do anymore.
Queuing on Christmas Eve is not fun especially when I am not in the best of moods.
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No money passed hands between the butcher and me due to my Christmas club account. Actually, he owed me money, which I left in the book for this Christmas. My only worry was being jumped by a pack of dogs looking for easy pickings but I made home base easily.
Home for the day but for a little trip around the corner to get the papers. I love reading newspapers but with none on sale Christmas Day, I still feel the need for a fix so I buy in some guest papers. I normally buy six and keep three for Christmas Day, stupid, but I do like reading newspapers I did mention that earlier and meaning I day outside was over.
With this Christmas Eve falling on a Wednesday, I was due 4 hours of respite care but with so much to do, we cancelled. I need Glenys, Simon, and David to vacant the property and do some last minute shopping for fresh bread and veg while I would tidy up a bit and chill. Problem was David, yes, the little one was having problems getting out of his pit, and being grouchy from early, I announce I would accompany what was left of the shopping party.
The thought of a packed out Tesco and an hour or so queuing at the till, I was not happy.
My mood didn’t pick up when the boy wonder David managed to drag himself out of bed to join us with the shopping. What I wondered would drag sleeping beauty out of his pit, to help his wheelchair bound mum or make sure he got us to get some booze in for himself and other goodies. Our local Tesco was surprisingly quiet there were no long queues, it was more or less a in and out job. My mood picked up but even so, when Glenys suggested just her and me pop into the Plum Tree for breakfast I turned her down.
A friend of Glenys popped in with her daughters. We normally have a little gift for them but this time we gave them a Christmas Eve Box something suggested to me by a friend. It is nice to see youngsters enjoying Christmas for me that is what Christmas is about younger generation and without access to our granddaughter, I feel we miss out.
We were back to the magic number 5 for the next few days with our oldest boy home for Christmas which was pleasing for his Mum and me although no sooner as he dropped is bag he was off out. No cooking tonight we finished off the day with a curry from Love Curry and sat back waiting for the delivery guy to knock the door.
One Christmas Eve tradition I am glad to see the back of is hours of wrapping presents. When the kids were young no matter how prepared we thought we were there was always presents to wrap.
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