What did you WANT for Christmas, but didn't get?

[highland145]

We've been practicing for years. Now it's just work.

You're about to get a few hundred PMs.

 

[foghorn67]

Mountain Bike. I had to buy one myself.

 

[gorcorps]

Proper time off. I had all last week off, however the weekend through Wednesday was spent at the inlaws. This normally wouldn't be that bad, but our dog and her sister's dog did not get along and keeping them separated was a nightmare because neither one tolerates being locked up alone well. Then when we got home I had already decided I needed to bite the bullet and start putting in the work to upgrade the shower. It was a bigger pain than I accounted for, and I don't feel like I've actually had a proper day off the entire time.

Bah!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Job security. LOL

I started a new job in November. I think I may have made a mistake.

In terms of Christmas, I got everything I really wanted except I wish I would’ve had more time off around the holidays. I had a half day on 12/24 and then 12/25 and New Years Day off. That’s it.

 

[ultimatebob]

We've been practicing for years. Now it's just work.

Heh... you should post some pics of the wife. Maybe you can find some volunteers around here to help you with this grueling task

(Remember, your typical ATOT member often falls under two categories: anti-social 40 year old virgins, and old married guys who haven't gotten laid in months)

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

You're about to get a few hundred PMs.

Heh... you should post some pics of the wife. Maybe you can find some volunteers around here to help you with this grueling task

(Remember, your typical ATOT member often falls under two categories: anti-social 40 year old virgins, and old married guys who haven't gotten laid in months)

I'll let the wife know there's a line of ATOT'ers waiting to disappoint her.

 

[highland145]

I'll let the wife know there's a line of ATOT'ers waiting to disappoint her.

The blue pill, like jeeebus, doesn't disappoint.

 

[highland145]

In terms of Christmas, I got everything I really wanted except I wish I would’ve had more time off around the holidays. I had a half day on 12/24 and then 12/25 and New Years Day off. That’s it.

Welcome to low finance....and retail.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Welcome to low finance....and retail.

I started a new job in November and couldn't take the time off, especially since I negotiated a week off in early December.

 

[Linux23]

A blow j....er, i mean blower motor.

 

[purbeast0]

Open Water SCUBA certification. I ended up getting sick while in Grand Cayman on December 15th and I couldn't complete it. I am missing the final dive. I also planned on doing my Advanced OW certification right after, so I didn't get that either. That trip and getting my OW cert was basically my own Xmas present to me and my wife.

 

[BudAshes]

Mine is more of what the whole world should get for Christmas. We should provide free viagra and birth control pills for everyone on earth. It will fix most of the problems we have.

 

[highland145]

Mine is more of what the whole world should get for Christmas. We should provide free viagra and birth control pills for everyone on earth. It will fix most of the problems we have.

How old are you?

 

[BudAshes]

How old are you?

Old enough to need the second part, but not old enough for the first. The amount of trouble we've had getting my girlfriend birth control since we left California is ridiculous. Red states treat the stuff like you are trying to get your hands on Oxycontin.

Give women control over their reproduction and you give them power. Give men control over their boners and maybe they stop killing endangered species for male "enhancement".

 

[foghorn67]

Open Water SCUBA certification. I ended up getting sick while in Grand Cayman on December 15th and I couldn't complete it. I am missing the final dive. I also planned on doing my Advanced OW certification right after, so I didn't get that either. That trip and getting my OW cert was basically my own Xmas present to me and my wife.

My biggest fear, getting sick while on vacation or a planned recreational sport that needs days off from work.

 

[highland145]

My biggest fear, getting sick while on vacation or a planned recreational sport that needs days off from work.

Not that my dad ever went anywhere but, many years ago, he was scheduled for vacation the next week. Ended up in the hospital with an appendicitis the Friday night before. Called in, cancelled his vacation and put in for sick leave. That's "almost" a win.

 

[foghorn67]

Not that my dad ever went anywhere but, many years ago, he was scheduled for vacation the next week. Ended up in the hospital with an appendicitis the Friday night before. Called in, cancelled his vacation and put in for sick leave. That's "almost" a win.

That's huge. I'm not sure if I would enough mindfulness to make that swap if I was sick.
Both my eardrums burst last year a couple of days leading into Christmas break (work at a school, so no vacation time was in jeopardy). The whole two weeks was without most of my hearing. Spent a lot of time watching movies and YT with headphones turned up to 10.
I was on steroids and antibiotics, one of them made my heart race, so I couldn't even bike. I was planning on riding everyday. Damn, that sucked.

 

[purbeast0]

My biggest fear, getting sick while on vacation or a planned recreational sport that needs days off from work.

Yeah it really sucked. I could feel I was getting sick on the Tuesday before we left (left on a Thursday) and on both Tuesday and Wednesday I opted not to go to the gym after work to just let myself relax and hopefully get better. Then our flight on Thursday we had to leave our house at like 3:30am so I barely got any sleep that night too. I slept a little on the leg to Florida for like 45 mins but that was it. Then later that day when we got there I was just exhausted and not really hungry and could tell something was wrong.

In hindsight I probably shouldn't have even dove the first day but I'm glad I at least got that in. I was going back/forth whether or not I should do the dives and then right before when we started to gear up, adrenaline took over and I felt pretty much fine. Even though the water was 82 degrees it's probably a good thing I had a wetsuit on. One dive that was like 50 minutes long I started to get a little chilly near the end, but it felt like that "sick" chilly.

As soon as I got back to the room around 6:30pm I couldn't eat and started to feel worse and worse then crashed at like 8:30pm. I couldnt really sleep well all night and decided to go to a health clinic when they opened at 9am. I was put on 3 prescriptions and also ear drops because my ear drums were red. The doctor told me that she recommended not to dive at all on the trip even if I felt better in a day or so, due to my ears.

I at least had 2 days to relax and hang on the beach and stuff on Sunday and Monday. I started to feel better as soon as I got up on Sunday. It was also nice to not drink much on a vacation, which I typically do lol. My appetite came back as well so I got to eat 2 great dinners too.

Oh well, I'm planning on either going back in 3 weeks or going in March to complete it and get my AOW. Hopefully I am healthy lol.

 

[Raduque]

A truck.