Christmas recap

[floatingleaf]

Just got back from my parents'. I feel utterly spoiled, overfed, lethargic and a little guilty, because I told them I was meeting an out-of-state friend for lunch tomorrow - which is a lie. Otherwise they would have totally wanted me to stay overnight again, and I just... didn't feel like I could handle that. The thing is, I have gotten so used to being all by myself most of the time, especially at night, that it kind of freaks me out to hear other people moving around the house, and I can't relax enough to go to sleep. Ridiculous, I know. But I was already pretty wound up yesterday by the time I got there, due to driving on slippery roads, and it would have taken me a while to fall asleep even in complete peace and quiet; as it was, my brother-in-law decided to watch LOTR in the middle of the night. I was kind of thinking of watching it with him - but I was exhausted and knew that my mother would probably get up at the crack of dawn and wake me up with her bustling around the kitchen, so I figured I'd better at least try to get some sleep before that happens. Except I didn't, because I kept hearing the soundtrack and wondering whether he's going to watch the entire trilogy before he gets tired of it and goes to bed. I was torn between going downstairs to join him and telling him to turn it down so I could sleep... but I did neither. I just tossed and turned and felt all itchy and twitchy and grumpy and tense - and it was about 4 a.m. by the time he switched the TV off. At which point I might have dozed a bit... but then my mother got up sometime between 5 and 6 a.m., as expected, and made a big racket in the kitchen. So yeah. I couldn't handle another night like that. Plus, I was desperate for my heating pad, which I hadn't thought to bring with me. My right trapezius muscle is a rigid mound of pain. And I'm not seeing my chiropractor until the 8th.:/ So I want about 10 hours of sleep and then a LOOONG, piping hot shower tomorrow morning without having to worry about other people needing to use the bathroom. It is paramount to my sanity at this point. *nods*

But other than me being a grumpy, antisocial old Scrooge and feeling guilty about it, Christmas wasn't so bad. I got a bunch of nice, thoughtful little gifts in addition to the wad of cash which I will refer to as my "new PC fund" (and which is actually an early birthday present). I brought some delicious food back with me, and I happened to see my two biggest actor crushes from my bygone days on Polish TV.;) Oh, and my stomach seems fine despite the ridiculously haphazard mixture of cabbage and beans and bacon and fish and pickles and cake and sweet wine and spiked eggnog thrown into it over the space of mere hours. Thank you, stomach. I will be good to you from now on, I promise.:P

OMG bed now. *collapses*

Comments

[taelyn-sass.livejournal.com]

Get some rest, you deserve it. (((hugs)))

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

I have, and I am feeling much better now. Thank you.:) *hugs back*