gothams3rdrobin | Well, they say Christmas isn't Christmas till someone cries...

...and that person was my mother. *rolls eyes, sighing*

For obvious reasons, my Nan has been rather uncertain about her plans for today. She decided on the weekend to drop our presents of at my parents' place on Sunday, and that she would spend the day away from the house, with members of her family. We had been hoping to go see her after lunch, but she said she would be at her older brother's house since it's become something of a tradition in recent years and 'he's come to depend on it'. Seeing as my Uncle Elfed is somewhere in his seventies, it's not unreasonable. And besides, Nan's entitled to get through today in any way she chooses. When Mam called her this morning to wish her Merry Christmas, she initially didn't answer the phone and Mam had to call my Uncle's mobile to see if she was home or not. After that, Nan answered the phone, but was apparently not in a good way and didn't want to talk. She hung up on Mam, who chose to take it personally and got upset. *rolls eyes some more*

Then later Mam was trying to save some pictures off her Yahoo email account onto the computer, and was being completely blond and, as a result, very embarrassed and grumpy. For a woman who works on computers all day at work, she doesn't show any sign of technological skill at all when she's at home. This is equally frustrating for me and Dad as we know she's not stupid, and she should be able to do this stuff without even thinking. So she ended up sniffling in a corner for a good fifteen minutes because of that too. *sigh* I really wish I could spend Christmas elsewhere.

Anyway...Rowan's gotten himself a good haul, as expected; Doctor Who figures, various construction toys, plus a farm set my Grampy bought for him before he passed away. Grampy was so enthusiastic about that farm set, hoping that Rowan would remember him for it. Rowan also got a digital camera - a real one, this time, as the kiddy one we got him was useless and broke within a month when he dropped it on holiday. This one's sturdier and can take a memory card, so it won't be constantly draining the batteries trying to keep the pictures in its memory, like his old one did. :-p

I also got a new camera - chosen specifically by my Dad, 'cause my old camera started to break down on Bonfire Night. It looks good, and it's got all kinds of settings for the various situations you might take pictures, such as at parties, the beach, in the snow or at firework displays (seriously!). It even has a special setting for taking photos of babies, so you don't upset the little one with noises or a flash! Not an awful lot else of note, though my Nan did find me a teddy bear with my maiden name! *grins* And my brother's eldest boys and their sister gave me a tub of anti-wrinkle night cream....

Wonder if their mother's trying to tell me something, there?

I think, aside from my shiny new camera, the best present I've had so far came from

yellowseptember, who got me the first two volumes of Doctor Who Season two on DVD! *snugs her* I do love getting DVDs and CDs as presents. Thankfully I was also given a fairly respectable amount of money, so I can get a few of the things I wanted for myself.

Sekrit message for

phoebesmum from Rowan: Thank you for my modeling clay! It's great and I played with it after breakfast this morning.

Ah well, that's Christmas pretty much wrapped up now. Rowan's visiting with his Dad's family tomorrow, and I will no doubt be trying to avoid visiting with my mother's family....

Hope everyone else had the kind of day they wanted!