Buy a lottery ticket (or two) - Or a scratch card- you fantasize what it would be like to walk in on your first day with your notice because- you know- you don't NEED to work anymore. When you've both checked the tickets a number of times- reality kicks in.
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Complain about being tired- It's only been a couple of days and all that sleep and rest you stock plied up on for two weeks feels like it's been stolen back from you. You're both just as exhausted as you were on the run up.
Have no enthusiasm for anything- The weekly shop- forget it- seeing family- nope- cleaning the house- think again. You live in squalor for a week seeing no-one but each other while your resources deplete- all except for chocolate. It looks like your chocolate has bred with your partner's chocolate and had baby chocolates.
Promise that you'll go on a diet together- Until one of you finds out that the other has been smuggling left over chocolate in their lunch box. You vow to eat it all up before starting because it makes total sense to have a clean slate first.
Get take out- Once you've resigned yourself to the fact that you're not eating healthily- you order take out- cooking Christmas dinner was enough kitchen activity for one year.
Struggle to sleep- You're still on stay up till 3 am watching trash TV time so your body won't let you crash until at least midnight. You still think it's ok to eat sugar at 11 and get a good night's rest- it's not.
Talk about what you would have been doing- 'This time last week was Christmas day'- 'this time last week we still had 4 days off left', 'this time last week we didn't get up till 12pm'. It doesn't help your situation at all but gives you an excuse to use the term 'times flies' or 'where does the time go'? You secretly love a cliché to verbalise your holiday withdrawal.
Talk about next Christmas- To stretch it out as much as you can and give you something to look forward to. Let's face it rain, debt, salads and gym time aren't the best incentives for the new year.
Wish- You wish it was Christmas Eve again, that you were eating your Christmas dinner for a second run; that you don't have to set your alarm. If you actually had three wishes they would be exhausted by now.
Try to recapture some of your time off- By watching a boxset your started, eating similar things you did when you had no work to go to or eating a Christmas shaped chocolate.
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