Christmas Day

As anticipated, today was a big day! I woke up at 4.30am in a lot of pain, so after several attempts managed to get up and move into the lazyboy. Bryan came and slept on the couch next to me until morning. I wondered how many kiddies would be lying awake wondering if it was too early to go jump on their parents beds, hoping for early morning present opening! When I got up, I had a shower and put on a nice dress and make up. It was fun to put on some normal clothes, and I was reasonably comfortable. Bryan has turned into quite the hairdresser, and did an excellent job of straightening my hair for me.

Garry and Glenis came for breakfast, and made us blueberry pancakes. I managed to sit at the table long enough to eat them too which was nice. Then we opened a huge pile of presents, which was really fun. By the time we had finished presents and had a cup of tea- despite my best efforts, I was yawning and struggling to stay awake. Garry and Glenis left, and I attempted a small nap whilst Bryan prepared the ham for round two at Adele and Dom's with my side of the family. I had a little nap before mum and dad came around, returning my 'borrowed' car with a new paint job! The paint had been falling off the roof and boot, so dad treated it to a re-spray, and polished out the worst of the ding someone put on the side of it.

Mum had made a trifle that had wobbled it's way out of the dish and into the bag she'd put it in, so spent a while in our kitchen rescuing it! I did my best to entertain dad with some photo's from our recent yachting trip to Great Barrier. Shortly after mum and dad arrived, Yvette and Moz came over. Everyone had presented themselves early at Adele and Dom's over the road, and were sent away to wait at our house until they were ready! We headed over to Adeles at 2pm, and I set myself up on their couch with a pile of cushions. I did ok, and managed to eat lunch at the table before retiring to the couch again. We opened presents, and watched Nelson play Santa. Nelson was great at matching presents with the right person!

After desert I had a quick look at Adele's new basement, before deciding that despite my best efforts I was knackered. I wasn't too sore which was great, but exhausted. I came home at 4pm with a plateful of leftover turkey and ham, and then had a massive nap until 7pm. Lucky for me, when I woke there was still some turkey left!

It was a really fun day, and I enjoyed spending time with my family even though I was exhausted. It was so nice to do something other than lie around in the lounge, AND, I put on something other than a hippie skirt and singlet! I'm getting a little better each day, and this was definitly a big milestone even if it was only over the street.