Gar came barging into my room around 5:30am. Scared the living daylights out of poor Ace and even managed to startle me for a few seconds. At first, I had no idea what was the cause of his strange behavior (particularly the getting up at 5:30am, he never does that), but then I remembered the date. Today was Christmas. And it was tradition for Gar and I to get up unnaturally early to play boardgames and video games in his room until Alfred let us come downstairs to have breakfast and open presents. This year must have not been much different for him.
While he dragged me down the hall, though, all I could think about was the fact that I had forgotten what day it was. It was kind of a surreal and...honestly depressing realization. To have forgotten it was, you know, Christmas and all that.
We played on Little Big Planet for a long time. Gar's discovered this level where our little characters have to get past all these sharks and other obstacles that's a ton of fun. About half an hour before Alfred normally comes to get us, we broke out the books (in Gar's case, comic books) and read until he appeared at Gar's door. There were more cinnamon rolls and pancakes for breakfast than we could ingest, even with Bruce and Diana's help. Bruce and I grabbed our usual cup of coffee before we joined the others in the living room for present exchanging and stocking raiding.
Gar got what he wanted: "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" and some more comic books to add to his growing collection. He was still disappointed about going another year without receiving a moped. I caught Bruce giving him a ghost of a smirk while Gar went on a mini-rant about why he should have gotten one. They've been doing this ever since Bruce agreed to help him get his permit. ...again, I find myself that Gar's around for Bruce's sake sometimes. He acts like he wishes Gar would stop pestering us and clinging to our family like a lost puppy, but...I know that he honestly does enjoy his company.
Uuhm, I got some new saddles, an upgraded laptop and a bunch of new books. I'm especially excited about the new saddles. The last horse I trained managed to trip himself and fall out from under me. Tore up the leather pretty bad. And some of them are just old and overused.
Bruce is going to take Diana out to dinner tonight (it's sweet~) and Alfred and I made plans to visit some local rescue locations to see if there are any horses in need of homes. I was on Petfinder the other day and caught sight of a sweet gelding. I just might have to take him in; the poor fellow looks like he needs some love and attention. Well, they all do, really.
After we finished unwrapping presents, we all settled down with cider and watched "It's a Wonderful Life" together. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. Everyone just kind of lazed around the house, talked about stuff. ...well.
Gar suddenly mentioned that we should go to the graveyard and visit the rest of the family. Because it's Christmas and they shouldn't be alone. ...so, we got into our coats and went down there for a little while. Bruce visited his parents and Diana left them some white roses. Then we all visited Jason. Gar talked to him about the day while we all stood by. It was sad at first but...when we left, I suddenly felt a bit more at peace. It was weird and hard to explain, but...I don't know. I could feel us all relaxing a little. ...it was kind of nice.
Lune came over with Tiff and Fina later in the day and we exchanged presents. Fina, as always, got us more gags than gifts. Tiff had made us all picture frames that were really cute. And Lune got me a new Sherlock Holmes book: Valley of Fear.
Anyway, there's a Christmas party later tonight at Titans West tower. I haven't decided if I want to go or not... Tiff and Fina have already confirmed that they are and Lune's decided she's going to stay at Fourside. I might go... or I might curl up in front of the fire with a good book. Even though I've been in a good mood today, I'm still not feeling...'festive'. I guess. Right now, I'm just looking forward to my own "silent night"...and the idea of a fire, some cider and a book just sound too good to pass up right now.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Hope your's was warm, safe and filled with family fun and sugar.
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