Tree's up
We put it up this afternoon, then I hit the mall hard to get away from M screaming at the Pats game. Got myself a loverly pair of Isotoner leather gloves and a Yankee swap gift for my work Christmas lunch. You can see I'm working hard on my presents list. Well, we're in good shape, so now it's time to use some of my birthday gift certs to get some goodies and take advantage of all the good sales.
Putting up the tree is such a nostalgic experience for me. My mom gives me an ornament every year and has been doing it for the past 20 years or so. Taking each ornament out of storage and remembering where it came from, Christmases past, the people, the places, the circumstances -- it can be very bittersweet.
I love my tree, but I think I want a prelit one.
Saturday night we went to a family Christmas party, complete with Yankee swap for 70-plus people. I was in one of my shy moods where I don't make eye contact with people. I hate that. Why can't I be friendlier? I don't know this branch of my family too well, so they make me a bit nervous. The house we went to was amazing. Good food, good people.
A week before M starts chemo. I've been talking to God a lot about the whole thing. He can't take M away from me. He just can't. I pray, and I ask you to join me, that the treatment puts him into remission. Let's just keep hoping and thinking good thoughts.
Putting up the tree is such a nostalgic experience for me. My mom gives me an ornament every year and has been doing it for the past 20 years or so. Taking each ornament out of storage and remembering where it came from, Christmases past, the people, the places, the circumstances -- it can be very bittersweet.
I love my tree, but I think I want a prelit one.
Saturday night we went to a family Christmas party, complete with Yankee swap for 70-plus people. I was in one of my shy moods where I don't make eye contact with people. I hate that. Why can't I be friendlier? I don't know this branch of my family too well, so they make me a bit nervous. The house we went to was amazing. Good food, good people.
A week before M starts chemo. I've been talking to God a lot about the whole thing. He can't take M away from me. He just can't. I pray, and I ask you to join me, that the treatment puts him into remission. Let's just keep hoping and thinking good thoughts.
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