Christmas 2008

Christmas kind of snuck up on me, but this past week was a blast. Here's how the week or so played out...

Monday: I worked, and then went shopping by myself. It did not take long for me to run out of money and patience, went to the gym, went home and crashed!

Tuesday: Worked. Found out I graduated, so completely lost focus on work after 1/2 day. Went shopping (not by myself) and out to dinner to celebrate my graduating!!! I found a new fave shopping partner actually :)

Wednesday: More shopping. Ran 3 miles. Lunch with MC and baby. More shopping. In 30 minutes I showered, got ready, packed everything and headed to my mom's house. Christmas with good friends. Presents. Lots of high fat food. Visiting with family. Sleeping on deflating air mattress. Lots of laughs. Late night texts. Convinced mom that we should "sleep in" until 7 on Christmas morning.

Thursday: Got up at 7ish - which was lovely. Presents. Traditional orange and cinnamon sweet rolls for breakfast. More presents with my niece and nephew. Making mac n cheese with my niece (favorite part of the day). Late lunch. Best ham ever. Clean up. Drive home. Unload car into living room. Migraine. Lots of meds. Early bedtime for me.

Friday: Japanese lunch with sister. Bought some deep burgundy, 3 inch "hooker" heels (around which I am putting together my New Year's Eve outfit). First time iceskating. No broken bones-yay!!! Early dinner with friends. Home to crash. No cleaning.

Saturday: Pick up friends kids. Meet D, my friend from GA at Depot Grille (hoping to see her again when we go down this weekend). Played wii. Groceries. Finally used my quesadilla maker. Baked cookies from scratch. Ate too much. Watched movies. Got first ever shutterfly book of my "adopted" niece. Late too bed. Still no cleaning.

Sunday: Church at my niece's request. Lunch with family. Home. Budget (ugh). Cleaned (very little). Minor meltdown about my future. Talk to some friends and remember life is good, I'm incredibly blessed and loved, and to just breathe.

That was my week in a nutshell. I had lots of time with friends and family, eventhough there were a few I didn't get to see, or see enough of. It was good! It was also the first year I finally felt like I had healed from some of the past heartbreaks, which made it the best Christmas in several years :)