Day 68 - Xmas Eve

This was a HUGE day and when I woke up from yet another night shift, I wasn't sure how I was gonna get through it.

First things first, got up, ate brekky, drove home, fed my cat, had a quick shower and went to pick up my best mate. I drove her into the city and dropped her at Southern Cross station as she was catching a train up to Ballarat for Xmas Day. I then drove to Kew and went to Leo's Supermarket to get some delicious cheese for Xmas Day. I bought a blue, some cheddar and brie de meaux and the most decadent triple cream brie I had ever seen. It was so creamy and with the layers, it looked like a piece of cake. Amazing.

Then I did some last minute Xmas shopping, went to Mum and Dad's to pick up the meat for Xmas Day and then drove to my sister's to drop off the cheese and meat. Then I went home, wrote out another shopping list and went to Coles for the rest of the groceries. Then I dropped them off at my sister's too. Then I went home, had a powernap, then went back to my sister's to prep the meat and vegies for the next day. Phew! I'm getting tired again just writing about it.

I watched a Jamie Oliver Xmas DVD where he said you could do quite a bit of food prep on Xmas Eve and I thought this would make things alot easier, especially with the twins. So I salted the pork, and I parboiled the potatoes and parsnip and then put them in a tray drizzled in olive oil and salt and pepper. I also cut up the butternut pumpkin (leaving the skin on which I don't normally do) and sprinkled it with some herbs and spices that I'd pounded up in a mortar and pestle, then drizzled in oil. Apparently, the oil stops the vegies from spoiling, and it saves you loads of time the next day.

By the time I'd done this it was about 9pm. I had a quick bite to eat and then went home to wrap the presents. I had underestimated how much I had to do. I had all my presents and all my Mum's presents to wrap. I turned the telly onto Carols by Candlelight (yes I love it and I'm proud of it!), drank a couple of beers and wrapped the presents. Before I knew it, the carols had ended, so I put on Home Alone (the only Xmassy movie I owned) and kept wrapping. And then that finished too. By this stage I was getting delirious and tipsy and wrapping presents any old which way. In the end , I didn't get to bed until 2am. I was exhausted.

And I still had to get through Xmas...

Meal 1 - water
muesli and milk

Meal 2 - water
cheese and tomato roll

Meal 3 - water
coffee
vegemite roll

Meal 4 - water
leftover beef stirfry

Meal 5 - water
pork noodles and fried rice

Meal 6 - water
3 Coopers Pale Ale
some cheezels