hoop #1: i am staying in hong kong (which i am currently in a bit of a low with) as the haggis started a new job and he dooesnt have time to fly to the states/uk. this sacrifice isnt huge as i want to be with him for the holidays but i would like to be spending the time with him 'properly' doing fun things we both want to do which brings us to...
hoop #2: we are doing the same christmas as we did last year. yep, same restaurant, same people, same food, same, same, same. i made a couple suggestions to the organiser of other places but it seems they werent good enough...odd considering the place we go to is poop. anyway, i told the haggis i think i will wear the same dress and give the same gifts.
hoop #3: the accommodating-everyone-else-except-me has affected my diet the most, it seems as i was asked to make a reservation at the china club (yes, we did this last christmas) for us, another couple and the haggis' mum as THEY want to go. me, i dont particularly like chinese food nor the china club as i find it very old and stuffy, but that doesnt matter, right? anyway, this responsibility fell on me as you cant just make a booking at the china club like any old restaurant as it is members only. i asked one friend last year so decided not to ask here again and found someone new. she, a very nice colleague, in turn had to jump through hoops to make the booking for me as she gets entree to the club via her black amex. but then how do we pay? she had to ask amex to make concessions for me to pay with my own card. so a huge thanks to her for being so kind but will my party be appreciative...?
hoop #4: new years eve. so, the haggis' mother will be upon us after boxing day and through the new year. as it took her a while to decide if she wanted to come, we went ahead and made new year plans which meant when she finally decided to grace us with her presence in hong kong, another friend of mine had to beg the football club to add an extra chair at our table as our table was full up. she played the 'shes a widow for the first time' card and they said ok. again, does she know or care what i and my friends have had to do to accommodate her?
[potential] hoop #5: lodging. we have wonderful friends who have opened up their home to the haggis' mum for her stay in hong kong as our flat is tiny and cant take one more person, let alone her. now, i am unsure about this one as this posting will go to press because the haggis has had a very big week at work and i havent wanted to bother him with this but has he told her she wont be staying with us? am here waiting with baited breath...
i know i sound selfish and grinch-like but this past holiday and the one coming are primarily dictated now by the haggis' mother. if SHE wants to come to hong kong, what SHE wants to do, what SHE needs, where SHE wants to stay, where SHE wants to eat.
so, after all that whinging, what is my plan of action, you ask? i am of two minds. the first says - go with the flow but dont say 'yes' to things just because i feel like i should. and the other says "get the hell out of here!"
needless to say, my christmas wish is that it would all be over.
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and it's only november 29th!!
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