At this time every year it takes all I have to leave all
the Christmas stuff packed up and Pandora off of the Christmas stations.
I made a vow (to myself) to wait until we get home, the
Monday after Thanksgiving to decorate in all things merry and bright
AND…
(sigh) to keep the buzzing of Christmas carols only in my head, even though
Dish Network has already added the holiday music channels to our lineup.
In
all honesty I am happy to do it because I really do dislike that Thanksgiving
gets trampled on by all the bru-haha that comes with “the most wonderful time
of the year.”
Thanksgiving
is usually by far my favorite holiday but I normally forget that fact until
after Christmas.
And
still this year I am clinging to the way things were all of my years living
with my parents. I so badly wish we were headed over the mountain Wednesday and
were able to stay til “classes resumed” Monday, but I know this is another part
of growing up.
Right
now at 7:00pm on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we still don’t have a clue
what our plans are. AHHH!
My
inner control freak is going nuts!
But,
I am trying trying trying to be the quiet, understanding wife, who doesn’t nag
about making plans.
Which
includes pinning all kinds of Christmas “to-dos” on my Pinterest boards and
cleaning.
Cleaning
because there might be a chance we are going to spend Christmas here in Alamosa
with both our families, and there is this little voice inside my head that
thinks getting a head start on preparations will make a difference.
But
let me get realistic with you for a minute,
1.
we
have a 4 month old puppy who LOVES to shred paper, thanks to me, at the end of
the election I got real sick of all the ads in our mailbox and started handing
them over to Trip as soon as I walked in the door. Now that we have a paper box
to start fires filled with junk mail we also have shards of news print
everywhere.
2. My husband is a
WONDERFUL cook, and after the time change, he either beats me home or is right
on my tail when I hit the driveway. So, he has been making dinner about 50% of
the time or at least cooking the meat. Even though his meals are always so so
tasty, the kitchen is such a disaster and a pain in my rear to clean. I love
you Jeb & your cooking is the BEST!
3. We live on a dirt
road surrounded by hay fields, that are all dry and prepped for the freezing
winter season, and at the back of our casa, (where we both park and where the
door we primarily use is) the ground is so soft and stirs up dust flurries
every time we pull in to our house.
4. Last but not least,
I hate laundry. (enough said.)
So cleaning now doesn’t change the fact that
I will be doing it all again twice more before our parents come for Christmas.
Jeb finally caved in and helped me put up
outside Christmas lights on our deck today; I think I hooked him by suggesting
that today might be the last free day we have that is actually going to be
warm.
He did make me promise not to turn them on until
after Thanksgiving.
Once again I am so eager to go home. I and
hoping that this time there will be more than enough time to spend with
everyone. Realistically I know it’s not the case but I’ll take every minute I
can get!
Miss you cousin! That silly little puppy of yours...:) I'm looking forward to getting all ready for christmas too!
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