Tis the longest day of the year in NZ.

Last day of work for me and I'm clearly knackered. Trying to do too much. Example:

My mum messaged me this morning "Were you able to buy some BBQ goodies? Are [partner's family] coming along?" I misread this entirely and called her to say that we had confirmed my partner's family were attending Xmas with our family some time ago, and they had sorted accommodation etc.

Turns out she meant for an Xmas Eve BBQ that I had forgotten about and failed to invite my partner's family to.

But when I read the message I immediately went to "Someone's fucking forgotten the Xmas day plans and I need to organize everything" in 0.4 seconds, when I had absolutely no reason to, and it was actually my own fault for forgetting to mention it to the party in question.

So yeah, I'm snappy and cranky and god I want to sleep. Plus side is, everyone is attending a nice Xmas Eve BBQ now. I'm grateful that my family gatherings are genuinely fun and exciting times. We don't have any major drama, or people who don't get along, so I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone and cracking a few beers in the Summer sun. Maybe I'll nick Dad's BBQ tongs and turn the sausages when he's not looking.

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Also I just read this in today's news: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/super-turd-cadogan-celebrates-wastewater-project One of our regional mayors dressed up as a giant piece of shit to celebrate a wastewater milestone. Onya.