The Bloody Doors Off

A day past Christmas, and I can look back on it with some fondness. I wasn’t in the best of moods leading into the day. And it took a while to get into the spirit of things, but once at Wayne and Donna’s, things took an upswing.

There was me, Kevin, Wayne, Donna, my nephew Brad and his girlfriend Carissa (both home from university in Calgary); Donna’s sister Angie, husband Don and daughter Amber; and my dad. We’d exchanged between Kevin, dad and myself before driving out to Oshawa (Kevin gave me an awesome light therapy device and dad got me a couple of appreciated gift cards) so the time out east was spent mostly talking, drinking, and eating. There was also mini ping pong tournaments in the basement (a new table; it reminded me of years past when we played when the nephews were younger). You couldn’t beat Kevin though. I came close, as did Brad. Funny thing though; it felt like I was just getting into the swing and a really good headspace when my dad decided he wanted to go home. As Kevin was driving he and I, that was pretty much it.

Got home and settled in to watch the Doctor Who special. I enjoyed it, but it was kinda packed and a little convoluted. So many plot points from the past 3 years that got wrapped up in 60 minutes. I would’ve liked to have seen it stretched out, but I’m not the showrunner…

I couldn’t sleep last night. Not for lack of trying. Crap I was tired and ready to crash by 1am. Had taken my pills and laid down, but the mind raced and refused to shut up. It didn’t help that the couple living on the top floor were playing their music loudly. Could hear the thumping of the base right in the basement. A bit of a pisser. Don’t know when I actually fell asleep, but it was with all 3 cats curled up on my legs. At some point I had to kick ’em to the side so I could turn on my side and pass out. Woke up at 10am and said “screw this” and set the alarm for noon. Hey, it’s Boxing Day, I’m allowed.

So up at 12, coffee and tv, etc. Around 2pm, decided “you know what? I need a new surge protector”. And that was it, I had to go out and get one from Future Shop. The old one was over 10 years old and with the new light box, I didn’t want to overload it. And ya know what? There ain’t no Boxing Day sales this year, not really. And here’s all these people with big ticket items, and all I could think was “you’re buying only because you think it’s on sale today”. I’d seen the same items 2 weeks ago with the same ticket price. A friend on Facebook made the same comment today. How right they were…

The rest of the day’s been uneventful. Got the cables somewhat straightened out (and then of course once you lay it all down it all goes back to a tangled mess) and am just trying to relax. Hoping for a better sleep tonight.