It’s a magical season – I love the hustle and bustle of trying to fit it all in: shopping, Christmas cards, pictures with Santa, tree day, decorating the house, making all the stops at friends and relatives houses, Christmas cookies, listening to the kids wishes, Christmas music (which I’ve been listening to since before Thanksgiving, thank you very much WARM 106.9), driving around looking at Christmas lights, making packages so pretty.
While my kids seem to have no problem making a list a mile long, for some reason every time I sit down to jot a few ideas down for myself I can’t think of anything I want. Before you get too envious, thinking I’m one of those people that just wishes for joy and happiness, trust me, there are things I want. And yet, I sit down with a pen and paper (or more likely my laptop and a cup of tea) and I can think of nothing.
Then, when I can think of a thing or two, I constantly debate whether it’s polite/kosher/etc. to put it on my list. Questions run through my mind like flying reindeer: Is this too expensive to ask for? Will they actually get me the one I really want? If I put all of these things on the list what if they pick the things I want least? Crap, how do I order them when I want them all? Does anyone else do this? Oh, maybe it’s just me (blush).
This year my Mom’s had a tough go of it. She had knee replacement surgery (as I’ve mentioned before) and recently threw her back out. She had asked me for a list weeks ago. I got it to her yesterday. “Too late,” she says, “I can’t go anywhere, sorry (she says with a grin in her voice).”
But, what she (and my Dad) don’t know, is she is giving me the greatest gift of all right now: time without my children. I know some of you may be thinking how horrible that thought is. I also know that any of you who have children will agree that sometimes, just sometimes, you need a break away from them.
And so, my hubby got home tonight. And we had no kids to contend with. It’s 1:15 and we are up eating snacks and watching TV…….because we don’t have anyone to wake us up in the morning.
Tomorrow, I will wrap gifts, and then maybe hit a movie and grab some dinner out.
Thanks Mom & Dad
Nik
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