Christmas 2005. Day Five.

Christmas wasn't too bad at all. I spent it with my father's family which meant that I actually enjoyed it, even if it was a bit whirlwind. Nothing overly exciting in the gift department--not that I was really expecting anything big and/or exciting. I did get a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble and am trying to decide between the Christoper Guest Collection on DVD or A New England? Peace and War, 1886-1918. I'm leaning towards the book right now....

Things at work are going well. It's looking like we're going to go with the one manager, two stores thing though I'll be getting a raise to go along with my upped responsibilities once things have been nailed down. I'm okay with that. I've also been invited to come up with a better job title for myself, if I so choose. 'Shift Lead' is boring and corporate. I'm thinking maybe something along the lines of 'baristissima' (the highest or best barista) or 'gentiluomo barista' (gentleman barista). Or something more creative than that.

Things with the boy are going well too. I never really thought about how much work Christmas is for people who work in churches. Speaking of churches, I actually went to Christmas Eve Mass....and it reminded me of all the things I hate about the Catholic Church. I was with my best friend from high school and her family and so it was a laugh a minute and I had way more fun that I think is allowed in a Catholic Church. And we managed to refrain from stealing the baby Jesus from the Nativity.

The boy is having a New Year's party on Saturday. So I'll meet most of his friends all at once. No pressure. I don't know that I'm nervous exactly though it will be somewhat daunting being the new guy and knowing that they're all going to be judging me to see if I'm worthy of him. At least, I assume that's what they'll be doing since that's what I would expect my friends to do in the same situation.

More importantly though is the fact that I'll have someone to kiss at midnight on New Year's for the first time in...well, ever. For some reason, having someone to kiss at midnight seems more important to me than having someone to spend Valentine's Day with. Even when I've been in a relationship with someone, I've never been with them on New Year's, and thus have never had someone to kiss at midnight. I'm not sure what the deal with that is--why it seems like such a big deal to me--but I intend to make it a damn good kiss to make up for lost time.

My one resolution so far is the same one that I make every year: floss more regularly. Beyond that, I think I need to really get myself on a better daily schedule given that I'm going to five closings a week next month, which means that I really need to get good at getting things done during the morning and not putzing around and doing nothing all morning until just before I have to go to work. This includes reading the paper on the day that it's published as well as making myself a lunch for while I'm at work. And spending less time in the house--although that's a tough one with winter and all. I also really want to set up a sort of reading schedule for myself given how little of my list of 'summer' reading I got done. I really need to get cracking on this pre-grad school reading if I'm going to be in a position to think about reapplying this coming fall.