Chapter 31I automatically wake early on Christmas morning as if I were going to work before I remember I can enjoy the luxury of being able to roll over and go back to sleep. It's my first gift of the day. I easily sink back into oblivion because I am so relaxed and I haven't given in to the temptation of rising to check what the weather is like.
I wake again later with sunlight streaming through a crack in the curtains and the sound of Patricia moving about downstairs. I feel rather groggy – waking from a second sleep is often like that – but I know once I shower, I'll be fully awake and ready to enjoy the day.
Patricia and I only eat a light breakfast, because we're not very hungry. Last night we ate an enormous celebratory dinner before exchanging the main gifts that each of us had bo
