Boxing day

Jet-lag effects come and go. Yesterday I woke up again at 2am, last night I slept until six (which is pretty normal time for me to wake up)... whatever time I wake up, I try to stay awake the whole day.

The other day my mom walked in when we were watching Cromartie and tried to understand it... to be honest it's probably the worst possible series to see as your first anime - it's surrealistic, lighting fast, rude and almost impenetrable to a newbie. We prescribed Spirited Away, which was luckily shown on TV yesterday - my mom liked it quite a lot more.

Yesterday we saw some relatives from my dad's side, too, which was great. We have this annual get-together every Boxing day which I look forward to, to see my cousins and uncles and aunts. We had some great conversations in the kitchen (best party is always in the kitchen, even with your relatives) before continuing on to spend a lovely evening with friends.

All in all a really nice day. It's not that I'm against meeting relatives - all events in themselves are all good and jolly and reasonable, it's just that at Christmas time there are so many of them and there is hardly any "me time"... That's why I have this love/hate attitude towards Christmas in Finland.

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