Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day 2022

 Eep toms I’ll haveta write my reflections for 2022 but I’ve not even shared how I spent my Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Days yet! Yeah, unorganised? Me. So shoot me. XD

Christmas Eve first: This year, Chritmas Eve fell on a Saturday. Since mother works half the day every Saturday, I get a sleep-in with my teddy until the carer (this year, it’s mostly been Nisha; she’s a chocolate-coloured girl who’s twenty-two and studying social work @ uni) helps me up @ 10am and stays with me till 2pm. As has been routine this year, I eat breakfast (on Saturdays my dearest dad usually fries ham and eggs for us) read for thirty minutes, go for walkies at the Calamvale Central Shopping Centre (grocery shopping and arvo tea sushi buying when the parents permit it), come home for a shower and have the rice leftovers dad left me for lunch that Nisha reheats for me. Originally dad said just microwave it, but it’s yummier when reheated over the stove with extra oyster sauce, you know? Else soya sauce when we’ve run outta oyster sauce Only once silly Nisha accidentally added VINEGAR instead of oyster sauce; when I came outta the bathroom after my shower she’d passed me a spoon of the rice she’d reheated, saying, “Here. Try this and tell me did I add the correct sauce?” I’d stuck the spoon into my mouth before screeching, “EWW! Nisha, you added VINEGAR!! Are you trying to POISON me?? I’m so dobbing on you, next time Michelle comes for a service review!!” XD

When Nisha left, my dearest dad drove me to church and we played table tennis together. You may have read about this in my Xmas Greetings this year? Other CM folk come and play too; that afternoon I discovered that not only is Uncle Wallace quite vocal when he plays, Aunty Carly is too! I’ll confess to being somewhat cheeky: when Uncle Wallace gets too excited and lets out an “AIYA!” before he smashes a ball, the next time it’s my turn to hit the little ball I mimic him and let out an equally enthusiastic AIYA myself! The first time Uncle James noted that I was quite a good mimic I nearly died laughing. XD Later, another random aunty also mentioned that I sounded just like Uncle Wallace, too! XD

When I got home, I munched the sushi roll I’d bought earlier in the day with Nisha but instead of reading (I like reading for one hour when I’m able but Saturdays I can read for two or maybe even THREE hours!) I play the version of Bejeweled I’ve downloaded onto my mobile since small things (jewels) amuse small minds (me XD) and reach level ONE THOUSAND!!            After that, I return online and watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine’s) for the 206^TH time before having the usual dinner (rice, lotsa vegies and a lil meat) with the parents. An unremarkable day, all up.

But the next day, Sunday, was CHRISTMAS!  I enjoyed my 4^th consecutive awesome sleep that night (bid my teddy sweet dreams, fell asleep and didn’t wake again until the next morning, when noisy mother began her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs @ 7:20am. Shortly afterwards, she lets herself into my room to help me up before I go and brush teeth then head outside to the dining room for breakfast. I’m rather disappointed that mother only gives me one bowl of the less yummy (sticky; the flaky ones are yummier but mother says it’s got less fibre/sth good) bird food (what my GP calls All-Bran XD); when I whine to mother that today’s CHRISTMAS; surely she can find me sth special for breakfast?? She thinks for awhile then retrieves the box of Coco Pops Fiona lemme take home from our SG retreat like two months back and shakes a very thin layer over the top. That makes me happy, because I can listen to the Coco Pops popping! Before SG retreat earlier this year, I hadn’t had any Coco Pops for YEARS and I’d forgotten that once you pour the milk into the bowl the chocolate balls start popping; I was so happily listening to them go pop-pop-pop I forgot to eat until Fiona waved her hand at my face to get my attention and asked Em, why have you stopped eating? XD

Mother had left to attend the CM service; after breakfast and attending too my personal needs I pop online briefly until my dearest dad drives me to BCAC. We’d been invited to bring our picnic rugs along and I’d intended to bring along my picnic chair to sit on since the cruel and unfaithful God has left me so fricking disabled that once I’m on the floor I can’t get back upright without help but of course I forgot. Don’t worry, there’s an honest reason for my stupidity: mother really DID lemme get DROPPED ON MY HEAD AS A BABY!! >< XD Relief was upon entering the hall and seeing a few rows of chairs available to sit on, too. I grab my preferred spot (on the most left) and yay that Dr. Esther comes to sit beside me~ For worship I sang everything plus the harmony for three songs and then speaker on Christmas Day was Peter Pie; his sermon topic was God Works Through The Unexpected.

After service I thought I’d go with Min to grab lunch from Maccas (the Warrigal Square one was open) but for some reason dad wants to drive me home first and tells Min to buy takeaway for us?

Anyhow, once I get home the parents leave to spend Christmas with the Slams. I just sit by the front door and wait for Min’s arrival while playing mobile games.

When she arrives with our lunch, we both take a seat at the dining table. Woo hoo, she’s brought me a LARGE meal! Mother can’t get up me for it, though, coz I’d honestly just ordered a medium. Had no problem tucking away a large one, though; it’s a far cry from those pissy little UnHappy Meals that the parents keep restricting me to. I mean, do they think I’m still like, what? Three?! >< XD Never doubt my ability to tuck it in, okay? Sure, I eat very slowly but lots can fit in! XD

Mother had also baked us a yummy pork floss and shallot bun each and left us a bowl of HK salad (the sliced hard boiled eggs and fruit covered with mayo). Over lunch, we just chatted. Turns out she doesn’t speak Canto! I congratulated her on faking through it very well when dad came for me after service and told Esther he’d drive me home first; would she please buy our Maccas? She’s one year older than me and has three younger sisters; don’t know why I remembered her as being an optometrist by trade because she’s actually a data analyst! Over lunch, she went back to her car and brought out her laptop to show me this program called sth like FX/Fruity Loops that you make music with and can sell it?

Min even brought dessert! We munched two chocolate cookies each; I even took a photo and laughed at Dr. Lee see what you’re missing out on? Originally, since he’d no plans after church I’d told him that he was very welcome to crash my place as long as he brought chocolate cake. XD He’d declined, so I had to rub it in and tell him had you’d brought chocolate cake over, you’d have been rewarded with chocolate cookies, too! His loss. XD

When the parents got home, they immediately bagged me out for eating ‘too much’. I was like, what gives? Min only brought us Maccas and then we just ate the buns and salad you left for us. Mother screeches you said she was only gonna bring dessert! Me, remembering the cookies: oh, yeah. There’s a box of chocolate cookies in the fridge. XD

Dr. Esther knocked on the door shortly afterwards to pickup the drink bottle her boyfriend had accidentally left at church and dad had taken home with him. I just berated her for not bringing copious amounts of arvo tea for me. XD

Took a shower after that before the remainder of Sunday panned out as usual: I watched the news, we had the usual dinner (again, I was disappointed: aren’t you supposed to eat sth special for Christmas not just the rice leftovers from last night’s dinner? Anyways …) and returned online before letting the parents kick me off to hit the sack at the piss-early time of 9:45pm. Zzz~

Boxing Day:  yay, I enjoyed my fifth consecutive awesome sleep; after bidding my teddy sweet dreams last night I fell asleep and didn’t wake until 4:55am. Seriously, I think my most favourite thing about the warmer months are how early the Sun rises; come Winter you’ve gotta wait till like 6:30am! Mother helped me up, I had breakfast, attended to my personal needs and then dad tootled us to Capalaba Central for the Boxing Day sales! Originally I thought we’d make our once-yearly trip to Westfield Carindale but since the parents lemme use Sparkless3 (my manual wheelchair), I certainly wasn’t going to complain!

With the gift card Mrs. Dent and Nana had given me for Christmas, I bought three books from Kmart as well as this rather close-fitting Minion tee; unkind mother just jeered that I’d haveta lose weight before I’d fit into it. Well, guess what, mother? I’m wearing it ATM and while it’s not baggy like most of my other tees are, I still fit into it, so ha. XD

For lunch, dad tootled us across the road for fish and chips. Good timing, too: after we’d arrived and taken a seat, suddenly EVERYONE else arrived too and there wasn’t a spare spot left! Again, the food was disappointing: I really don’t understand why dad keeps ordering a TWO person meal for THREE people and then takes away ONE serve for his lunch the next day after eating ANOTHER serve for himself! Mother and I are given the last serve to share. Well, you can guess who gets the ‘bigger’ half. (Obviously not me XD ><)

After lunch we went into Capalaba Town and bought a box of Roses for Leanne since during lunch she’d rung mother and invited us all to crash her place! ‘Twas lovely seeing Aunty Diana too; I’d not seen her since 2009, when she and Leanne came to visit me in the Mater Private after I was hospitalised briefly at the beginning of the year!

After coming home I showered and tootled online; I was rather cross with dad for leaving us to attend his mate’s birthday party; hello, Boxing Day’s his WIFE’S BIRTHDAY!!

So just mother and I for her birthday dinner. More rice leftovers.

Things got more exciting when dad got home: he’d bought mother a frozen Sara Lee cheesecake for her birthday cake! Meaning I have good reason to ask for birthday cake for my birthday next year. XD

Even better: after that, ‘twas time to unwrap Christmas presents! Santa, THANK-YOU SO MUCH FOR REMEMBERING ME THIS YEAR; after two years where you’d basically ignored me, this year I got some AWESOME presents! :D

So that’s Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day over for another year; you’ll hear from me again toms because Sunday’s the VERY LAST DAY of 2022 and I’ll need to write my reflections for the year!

Until then~