Christmas 2008 in Review
17 years ago
General
Just thought I'd drop a line telling how my Christmas went, hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday. Christmas eve wasn't really all that pleasant for me. I had to go in to work at 10 AM in the morning as opposed to my regular 4 PM since the store would be closing that evening (Christmas is the ONLY day of the year the Walmart Supercenter I work at closes), and I'd contracted a cold a couple days prior from having to help push shopping carts in the parking lot in sub-freezing weather and was dealing with a horrific toothache all day which ibuprofen and orajel were having no effect on (which was even worse since they had a free Christmas dinner for associates working on Christmas eve and I wasn't able to fully enjoy it). Between the cold and the toothache, I was a wreck, and by 2 PM it became obvious I wasn't going to be able to make it to the end of my shift so the managers made me go home early, which upset me because I felt I was letting down the rest of the crew I work with. The day wasn't a total loss, as I gt to see the live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" on TV which I hadn't seen in a long time. Come Christmas morning, I woke up to find that my 4 year-old nephew (who has a habit of waking up before everyone else in the house) had taken it upon himself to unwrap not only his presents, but everyone else's too! Despite the faux pas, the day went pretty well, with me scoring a decent array of gifts including "Transformers" on DVD, a Cyber Acoustics HS-600 behind the head PC headset to replace my GE over the head headset which was on its' last legs, a $15 Walmart gift card, and a Kodak EasyShare M763 digital camera. I had also recieved another gift about a week or so prior, namely an LG "RUMOR" cellphone which was a free upgrade to replace my Samsung A560 flip-phone. Of all the gifts I got, the camera was probably the most unexpected, since my new phone has a digital still/video camera built in (although it's only 1.3 megapixels as opposed to the Kodak's 7.2 megapixels). I'll likely use the gift card to buy a 2 GB microSD card & SD adaptor set I saw at work so I can upload between the phone & camera and the computer. At least I won't have to mess with those cheap disposable cameras anymore, and will likely be posting more pics here too. I've already got a couple pics of some of the local cats that frequent the neighborhood who happened to stop by for a visit today. Again, I hope everyone else had a safe and enjoyable Christmas, and has an equally pleasant New Year.
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