galadhir | (no subject)

It's being a very weird Christmas this year.

Firstly, our daughter is at her in-laws for Christmas and is coming back up here on the 27th, so we're not celebrating until the 28th, when we can all be together. This made yesterday (the actual 25th) a very low-key affair of just eating nicer snacks and watching Christmas media (Knives Out and the Great Christmas Pottery Throw Down.) And only opening presents from Gran, so we could thank her on the phone. All other presents are being saved for Second Christmas.

Secondly, I must have slept on a mosquito, or something, because I have been bitten hundreds of times on my right cheekbone, brow and eyesocket. I don't deal well with bites in general, and my face has swollen up - my eye is swollen nearly shut. The bones of my face hurt and it's not really adding to my festive mood.

Still, today is the Boxing Day dance-out, when we will dance next to the river for about an hour and then go to the pub to play tunes, and that's always fun. People who are taking their post-Christmas 'oh God, if we don't get out for a bit we'll go mad' stroll are always pleased to see us.

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I hope second-Christmas is good! I'm glad you got to have a low-key day on the 25th, though I'm sorry the celebration is a bit delayed.

But ugh! The bug bites sound miserable! I hope they clear up soon. How rude!

Thank you! We rather enjoyed the complete low stress Christmas, and we're now waiting for my daughter to arrive for Second Christmas and it all seems rather decadent now :) Still the swollen face is keeping me more down to earth, so it's all balancing out :)

I can see the appeal of stretching the celebratory season out! I hope it's a wonderful Second Christmas day. Though bleh on the swollen face! That part is no good!

Thank you! We had a lovely time, although the face is still swollen. It's going down, though, just very slowly :)