Working Christmas Eve, then going to dinner at the in laws. They're a bit miffed because apparently they didn't realize I was working and so planned dinner for 3. Whoops. No idea what made them think my job is cool enough to give me fucking time off. Christmas I do have off, at least, so I'll head to mom's place in the morning for breakfast with her, the wife, my sister, her husband, and my little niece and nephew. Then we just screw around until dinner, have dinner (I don't know where... probably just separate), then it's dessert at my aunt's giant house an hour or so away. Dessert, family, gift exchange, whatever, then back home to pass out or, more likely, play video games until my eyes fall out. Then it's back to work for the rest of the damned week where I'll practically be alone since everyone else took time off but I can't because they all buy back an extra 2 weeks vacation from the department which I can't do because I can't afford it. And yes, I'm fucking bitter about it. They get double what I do every year because they have spouses or boyfriends who make as much or more than they do (which is already a good chunk of change).
Aside from the bitterness of working, though, I'm happy about it. Looking very forward to spending time with family. My mom, sister, and the niece and nephew came out to surprise me at work today, which was fun. Got to show them around the building and stuff since they haven't seen it and its about to close in a few months.
