El Christmas

So...Christmas again. Oh, the sounds of an irritating, consumer-driven holiday to warm my heart. But, before I get on to the wonderful holiday of Christmas, exam stuff!

Basically, exams were, once again, a mini-hell of my very own. I had a whole bunch of stress, a few mini-breakdowns, a LOT of trips to the gym, some obssessing over weight, quite a few moments of self-pity...Yup, the whole exam gamut of Mare-Cannot-Deal-With-Stress Syndrome. I just about cried walking out of my two econ exams. But hey, C and C-, I'll take them. Bs and Cs get degrees! Still waiting on my music, but PolS and Span were both B.

And hey, after not having eaten in three weeks, I've summarily made up for it in two days of Christmas eating. DCC, here I come. But not tomorrow. Tomorrow is clearly Boxing Day Shopping.

Christmas was, as per usual, irritating and stressful. As per usual, I did a LARGE part of the work. For a holiday I care nothing about. And people wonder why I have no Christmas spirit. I pretty well cleaned the entire house (Daddy did the vacuuming...after I told him I already did it, of course), I did almost all of the christmas baking, I did all of the cooking in preparation for Christmas day and what we needed to take to Aunty Sandy's, I did some of the cooking for Christmas Eve dinner here, I wrapped daddy's gifts (because he hates wrapping), I helped do dishes at Aunty Joanne's today, I peeled and cooked the potatoes and helped set up the table at Aunty Sandy's today, I helped my mum with the shopping for the Christmas dinners/games that we play...basically, I do a ton of the Christmas work. And when Grandma always had Christmas, I helped her with the cooking and cleaning and wrapping presents and putting on the dinners there. I've been raised to be the good daughter/future wife and not complain about it. But you know what, I HATE CHRISTMAS. And I always end up doing the work for it. I object.

And that is my rant about that.

But ya, overall, Christmas went well. Mum was pleased anyway. And I guess that's what counts as she's the one that likes Christmas.

I'll be back in the city on the 29th...we should party on New Year's if ya'll will be around.