Another day as an all powerful ancient Christmas being. I suspect it’ll be the last day this year as I’m trying to be a little less full of “yes” for such things. It’s the company you keep, etc. Gotta keep stepping up stepping up. I might be better served doing the things I’ve needed to do for ages such as sprucing up my online presence. I expect a prospective employer googling me will mostly fall across this blog and some info about my jobs which has got to be half a decade out of date now. A day in the “office” might be just the ticket to help bump me into more of the interesting stuff. It’s out there.
Not that Santa isn’t interesting. It’s a whole lot of interaction with people. I’m pretty ok with people on the whole. A couple of times I got mobbed. Most of the time the wonder of the Santa persona kept things pretty organised for me. It’s good to know that, this time of year, I can always get paid to do a thing. If it was something I wanted to prioritise, I’d start to build my own costume. The beard I had was great, but the huge amount of synthetic fabric meant my skin had nowhere at all to breathe. Just a two hour slot at a time and I was soaked at the end of a shift. The beard tape on my face soaked off and there was a little gap at the top where you could see my dark tache. When you’re peddling wonder to people, you don’t need to be showing the cracks. Nobody pays to see Santa here, but that doesn’t mean it should be a cheap interaction. Better costume would certainly be a priority if it was gonna be something to lean into.
It’s exhausting though. I got home and Brian had purchased a Christmas tree as well as all sorts of lights and wonders to scatter around the flat. Really glorious to start to make things Christmassy here and I’m very much feeling that I need to sort out some of the clutter so we can feel a bit less constricted by piles of crap. Brian is being very patient, but if I were him I know I’d be happy to stay seeing things reduced.
I’m winding down. I ran a bath and we watched The Muppet Christmas Carol and now I want to see if I can sleep calm and long. Lots of early starts in a row and that weekend took it out of me. I’ll have my weekend on a Monday.
AlBarclay 