A very special This Is How We Roll - Christmas rollin' - Page 4

Merry Christmas guys. Bump my holiday rolling thread. Christmas Eve - went to a very wholesome and civilised function with my client, lots of kids and so on. It Was Very Pleasant. Figured I should do something that ensures that I will never be invited again, so I bought his 8 and 6 year old sons boxing gloves. Their eyes lit up. Their mother glared at me. Within minutes there were tears as they started laying into each other. Went from there to Al Frescos to meet friends for dinner, then on to Vascos for drinks. They were doing a business card draw every fifteen minutes for free bottles. That got the numbers in. Was pretty tired though, so bailed pretty early - about 12.30. Just woken up on Christmas morning. Going to go over and see my new-ex-gf soon. I bought her a gift before breaking up with her, and we are on good terms, so I will go see her and give it to her. After that - a lunch thing at a friend's cafe, and then drinks with friends tonight. Merry Christmas again guys, and let us all know how you're spending it.

...ended up a kinda crappy Christmas Day for me this year unfortunately. I probably should have waited a week to break up with her. As it was I spent the whole day kinda recounting the story to everyone who inevitably came up, big hugs, "hey, where's Giang?" "we broke up four days ago" *sympathetic look* "awww, what happened?"...tell story again. Also a bit of an odd feeling to the day as well. I have basically two distinct groups of friends. I spent Christmas lunch with the first group - boys I have known for years, race motorbikes with etc. I get the feeling that group is disintegrating, which is sad. Strange animosity and tensions, little rivalries popping up, quite a few of them leaving the country soon, one of them getting a little creepy etc. It was odd. Nothing to do with me, but was a little sad to see everyone putting their smiley face on, then whispering in my ear later. Evening was spent out with the other group - these are the guys I am normally out on the roll with - and ya, that was all pretty fun. Those guys all knew my story, so at least I wasnt reliving the breakup again. Capped off nicely by getting home at like 12, going for a shower, and having the hose between the hot water heater and the wall split, spraying water everywhere. I have a pretty ballsy water pump cos I like it the pressure. This particular joint faces directly into my bedroom. Open bathroom door.....entire room flooded. No plumber willing to work at midnight, so patched it up as best I could (hammered bath plug into it)....and was at the plumbing supplies store at 6 am on the 26th. Got the plumbing sorted, and hey presto...the power went out! Oh well.....