Christmas? OVER.

I have a hard time moving smoothly through life sometimes. Especially when the highly anticipated moments just come and go without much ado, and then it’s- BAM, 5:30 am alarm clock: beep beep beeeeeep beep, Dasha whining by 6 am, quick shower, no breakfast, pray they have the coffee made at work, oh- John’s lunch! 7 am.. no, 7:03 am… work.

Trying to change my attitude and my perspective a bit… trying to figure out how to enjoy the fleeting moments, then easily move onto the next without any consolation. Sometimes I feel like my entire life resembles a holiday drink at Starbucks. You talk about going by Starbucks and getting your favorite holiday drink all season long, and then when you finally have the money and time to go through the Starbucks drive-thru, the holiday drinks are no longer available. That “limited time only” smacks you in the face and you’re left sitting in your car getting “the usual.”

I’m kind of worried that is going to be the story of my life.

Anywho- apart from Christmas being over, I can reflect on how great it was. We had Christmas at our house this year. While my family decided to tone down the gifts a bit this year, we still ended up with a sea of presents sitting under our tree. Present highlights: Holga camera (welcome, Melody, to the plastic world of photography!) and camera bag for my DSLR. I also received the final tools for my stamped notecards, so I no longer have any excuse for not getting them done.

Christmas dinner was superb (who really uses that word anymore?) and the dessert was sufficient enough (note to self: Don’t try any brand new recipes for such important things as holiday desserts, just stick with what you know!) After dessert, we watched the Packers game, which was rather uneventful, but still a solid win.

I had a wonderful time with my family, and of course, my loving husband. I am so blessed…

Now I feel as though I need to just sleep for the next few weeks. Oh, if only.