a little Merry, a little Melancholy

It’s Christmas Eve. I’m up & blogging because Hopey went snowboarding this morning, so I had to get up to see her off.

Today is a pretty laid back day for us. A little strange this year, because Hope isn’t going to be home tonight. This is the first Christmas Eve ever that she hasn’t been home. Usually, we do our dinner on Christmas Eve and then she heads to her Dad’s after presents are opened on Christmas morning. This year, the holiday happened to fall on "his" weekend…so she’s at his house tonight & tomorrow morning. We’ll pick her up at 10. I really can’t complain. We got all the good "Santa years." And I do think it will be fun for her to see her 4 year old brother’s excitement on Christmas morning. I’m so happy that she’ll be home on Christmas Day. We’ll get to have a real Christmas Day dinner with no empty seats at the table.

Rob is working today – gotta love big box retail. I’ve got some wrapping to do, a little bit of cleaning, and cookies to make. I’ll just stay busy. Hopefully that will take some of this melancholy mood away. It’s hard to not have family here on Christmas. We’ve all lived apart for so many years, that I should be used to it. I’m not. It sucks.

My mood will be merry soon. We’ll play Christmas carols all day. Austin will help me bake. We’ll track Santa on radar. We’ll sprinkle Reindeer Dust (oatmeal mixed w/glitter…to help the reindeers see the house) on the snow. We’ll make a fire in the fireplace and throw dipped pinecones in it to watch the flames turn colors.

I’ll likely write a Christmas blog later today & time it to post tomorrow. But for anyone reading today….I hope that you have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS. Peace & Love to you & yours!

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