Excited to get the boys today. Only have to work until noon so I get some extra time. The bad news for me is that they go back to WAW after christmas at my mom and dads tonight. I wont get to see them again until early afternoon tomorrow. GAL activities are extremely limited christmas eve and christmas morning. I see some lonely and sad coming on. I have never spent christmas eve alone.
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Oh, bdub, I'm sorry. We are all going to church together tonight (H is playing) and then to dinner, but he won't be coming home with us, of course. I guess I'll get to stuff the stockings all by myself. I hope you find something to occupy yourself tonight.
D12 asked if H could spend the night in the guest room since he's coming back in the morning. Nope, not gonna happen. He doesn't live here, his choice. He can sleep in that big new giant sleigh bed he just bought.
Sorry bdub, but I'm glad you get to spend the evening with them and your parents. Tomorrow will be here soon and you'll have them back. Merry Christmas!
Thanks ladies. Christmas eve at mom and dad's is usually the highlight of the holidays for us. Good family, good food, good gifts. The kids are all about the same age and are more friends than cousins. I can't decide if I want to open gifts at home tonight before we go or tomorrow when they get back. I know what they will want ;-) It will be lots of fun followed by lots of quiet, followed by lots of fun again.
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Merry christmas, happy holidays to all. Thanks to everyone that posts here or tolerates me posting on their threads. Your support and advice has been the greatest gift a person could hope for.
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" MLK Put the glass down... "Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
Christmas was good. There were some awkward moments and some sad times but I think I had done a good job preparing for it. Being alone on christmas eve stunk, I can't lie about that. I held it together until I got home and then I let it out and "sat with it" for a while. It was a brief but intense moment of sadness. I quickly realized I was feeling sorry for myself. I focused on how blessed I am and how lucky I am in life. I found lots of things to do and even slept in a little on christmas morning. The boys were very happy to be back in the afternoon and we even managed to smuggle a cousin away from my brother and kept him overnight. I am getting too old to play basketball for 2 hours against 2 10 year olds and a 13 year old that is taller and tougher than me.
Today is back to the grind. Work for me and basketball practice for both boys. I have a few days off next week. One for me with no boys and one with boys. I have no idea what I am doing on my day off alone and I am completely ok with that.
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