Too much has been going on in life the past two weeks between impromptu cruise, being unbelievably sick, funeral, Thanksgiving, home buying and LSAT in two days. I think with things calming down and LSAT hanging very heavily on my mind, things started to actually sink in and my brain and life got a little more than very overwhelmed. My pick-me-up -- ignore all important things going on in life and focus on happy things -- like Christmas! I thought about my first real Christmas and how happy it makes me just to think about it.
Two (almost three soon!) Christmases ago, in my first adult apartment (where GW could not kick me out) I made the decision to stay in DC for the holidays. I purchased and put up my very first Christmas tree.
I took a million pictures and felt like a little child. I spent Christmas eve on my couch with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book, watching the snow fall outside my window illuminated by the lights of the Pentagon. It was perfect.
Natasha was staying with me to extend her DC living before hopping on a plane with her one-way ticket to California (she graduated a semester early). We went out to Bethesda on Christmas day and hung out and had Chinese, naturally, as all minorities do on Christmas.
It took me a solid 22 years before I had my very own Christmas tree but it happened and it was amazing.
That Christmas was also the day Sketchy was tossed into my life. =)
Best.Christmas.Ever.
I hearts the Sketchy coming into your life then. How perfect :)
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