Christmas happenings
There hasn’t been much Christmas feeling this year because of the lack of snow. Screw you global warming! Even so, Christmas eve was cozy enough. It was spent with my parents, uncle, cousin and her girlfriend. For Christmas dinner we had potatoes, pork ribs, meat balls of various kinds, white sausage and sauerkraut, amongst other things. Got some $300 worth of gift certificates, some clothing, vodka, chocolate. The best gift was from my love however, thank you.
On Tuesday, two days later, I went to this Christmas gathering at my friend Steve’s apartment for some catching up and drinking. Initially I wasn’t too keen on going as I thought there would be a butt load of people there, but only 10 or so people turned up so it was alright. Except for this annoying friend of a friend someone brought that ruined the mood, he was one of those know-it-all types. Of course, Grandiosa was served (it’s not Christmas without it!) and beer was drunk. I ended up leaving pretty early though, the beer was doing nothing for me and my contempt for the annoying guy grew greater later into the night.
Yesterday I helped my cousin and her girlfriend to move to a new place in the city, which ended up being roughly 6 hours work of carrying and loading packages, straining my back beyond belief. 2 years back when I was working in the civil service I once tried to lift something way too heavy for my own good and ended up messing up my back, and it has never been the same since. I don’t notice it at all on a day-to-day basis, but when I lift something a bit too heavy the pain comes back right out of nowhere. I woke up feeling pretty sore today to say the least.