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So uh... Merry (Almost) Christmas to all who celebrate it. I don't know how to do a proper intro for this, but I'm just gonna say that this year's Christmas is... kinda weird for me. Last year I wasn't really in the most festive mood until Christmas Eve, but this year I've been pretty excited for it since the second week of December. And that train of excitement's been rolling for most of the month after that.

But starting yesterday afternoon, my neck of the woods got hit with a fucking MASSIVE snowstorm. The 401's been closed from Oshawa to Ottawa, train service is at a standstill, and I had a hard time getting home from work. Or rather, the cab company had a hard time getting me home. The app and the phone lines had some difficulty getting me connected for a good chunk of my time after work. Lucky for me, the front desk was able to call a cab via landline, and I got a ride after 10 minutes. But the poor cabbie had to a) scrape snow and ice off the wiper blades just before we hit the main road (as in: pull over, get out, wrestle with the scraper, and then get on the main road ASAP before the traffic light turn red), and b) struggle with the point-of-sale machine for a long time when i was trying to pay via debit. I managed to go inside and pay via cash (while also giving a big tip), but I couldn't help but feel for the poor guy. Hopefully he received a bunch of other good tips that day for his troubles.

So I was kinda frazzled yesterday, but that was able to die down in a decent amount of time. Our household had a nice little visit with Mom's BF where he helped start up our gas fireplace. We also had some homemade pizza, which was delicious. Then I spent the rest of the night surfing the web and gorging myself on candy. Which I guess isn't super "productive", but hey. I deserve to be unproductive after work kicking my ass plus the shitstorm that was getting home last night.

This morning also went pretty decent. I managed to clean a great deal of the house as well as finish up most of my laundry. Blasting Trans-Siberian Orchestra also enhanced the experience. But then I received the bad news: my little sister might not be able to come home for the holidays. Her original plan was to head out on Friday to get home, but as stated earlier, the 401 is closed, and the trains aren't doing so good. So she had to put her homecoming off until what should have been this morning. Unfortunately, weather complications have pushed it back until potentially late tomorrow morning/early afternoon. And even then, she might not be able to make it.

I mean, the older we get, the more likely we'll end up running into situations where the whole family can't be there for Christmas. People have jobs, people move away, storms hit, et cetera. But I think because this is the first year it's happened to me, it's kinda hitting harder than anticipated. Plus, there's the usual autistic frustration of having your plans change too soon, which I think is the biggest reason why I'm not feeling as happy as I usually am this time of year.

I don't know. I just feel weird. Like I said, it's probably due to expected plans changing so fast. But at the same time, I feel bad for my sister. I guess we're just gonna have to see how things play out. Whatevs. Happy holidays.

If any of y'all were on my Tumblr back in the day, I used to do Song Rec Saturdays, where I chose a random song that I was either hyperfixating on or that I had fond memories of. But since it was getting to be a bit of a chore to choose a new song every Saturday, I kinda dropped it. I decided to bring it back here, except A: it's no longer limited to Saturdays, and B: it's when I have a song I'm hardcore hyperfixing on.

So here's the first installment of "Shit I've been blasting on loop" as I'm now calling it: SHANTI by wotaku (ft. KAITO)