our first christmas

Monday, 21^st December

Winter solstice today.

It was so nice to wake up yesterday and food was ready. I wonder these days how did I ever manage to have 2 households and organise it all by myself? I notice very much my better diet, my fitness is great and I get admiring looks at the gym.

My cousin took most of the photos at our wedding, he is an amateur photographer. He has sent us a whole bunch from the whole weekend. He is going to send us some professionally developed prints.

We have already selected a few which we have sent on to friends across the pacific already. My favourite one is actually from the next day, outside the museum. I did not know that the photo was taken, they are always the best. We both look so in tune and utterly happy.

We are expecting Stine, Torben and Django tonight at the flat, we will stay here for Christmas, as P/L won't be here either, they are visiting Lasse's brother in Malmo. So we want to get their opinion on the flat.

The slave and I will not celebrate Christmas, no presents either. He has enjoyed the atmosphere in town and the markets, but we are both not religious and we both have bad memories from our youth. Anyway, I will be working. It is just being on-call, I might even be able to stay at home, as of course there will be no operations scheduled.

He is at the migration board now, we had to take our marriage certificate in. Then they will finally issue his residents permit, and hopefully we will have everything sorted!!

Tuesday, 22^nd December

The visit with Django went well, luckily there is a lift in the house, so he does not have to walk up 4 floors to our flat. We have enough green spaces in our neighbourhood to take him for walks. He is coming tomorrow, for a week.

They noticed that Ben did not have a collar, and we explained everything. His sore is healing well, we are actually having the collar engraved. It is strange to see him without one. It surprises me how much it means to me for him to wear one. I know he is mine, we have the rings on our fingers to prove it, but it cements our relationship, because we are Master and slave. He sleeps in his room. We rarely have sex in the bed, and everyone knows how to behave. When I was in a relationship before, what I thought was a Master/slave relationship, I now know was a top/submissive thing. He teaches me so much, he enables me.

Thursday, 24^th December

I am at work, there is not much to do. The slave called me earlier, Django has arrived, and now they are at the migration board to pick up his permit. That was quick!

When I got home today, poor Django was locked into Ben's room. The slave had also picked up the collar. We made a little ceremony out of it. We both would have liked to celebrate in style, but I am on-call, and what if I get a call and it takes too long to release him?

Friday, 25^th December

Although we do not celebrate this day, it feels always a bit special. We had a walk with Django, mostly through hospital grounds. I am going into the office late afternoon, it usually kicks off then, people drink too much and start to fight.