Unfortunately my job requires working on holidays as well as weekdays or weekends, so in about half an hour I will shuffle off to my Christmas night shift. No Gemütlichkeit.
Nevertheless had a lovely lunch with my mom who came to my undecorated, treeless apartment and we spent a few hours in very unseasonal peace, had good food and gave each other the presents that we requested beforehand. My mom got a camera for her trip to Viet Nam in Spring, I got (yes, yes, profane and boring!) new sneakers for work and...a toilet seat! (^_^) Just what I wanted and needed!
My old shoes from work are so worn off that they literally will fall off my feet any time and the my old toilet seat has been a thorn in my side ever since I moved into this place. It is bright red while the rest of the bathroom is blue. So now: blue, blissful, beautiful bowl cover.
Some of the old folks at my nursing home will have it bad, though. Quite a lot of them will not have visitors again this year, either because their folks and friends are too far away to risk the trip, or they have better things to do, or they are too old and sick themselves. Or there simply are none of their folks of friends left because everyone they knew is already dead and there is no one left but them. 'Tis the season to be jolly'? yeah right.
Well, I am determined to kick this year's Christmas depression in the arse and give those folks one hell of a Gemütlichkeit. Damn, I might even sing 'Stille Nacht' .
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