Well hello there! I'd say Merry Christmas, but I'm too late... oh well. Happy holidays will have to suffice. I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas (and Thanksgiving since I haven't posted since right before then...). I certainly did.
But lets back up. I survived hell week/month at work. Barely. The shifts were rough, the stress was high, but I made it. We're back to normal now and I can breathe. It was definitely different being on the manager side of retail during the holidays. It's a whole other level. But I'm stronger now on the other side of the holidays...
I've barely seen Ty the last month and a half. He's been busy with his EMT classed and I've been having crazy hours at work... we've hardly spent time together. That all is back to normal now too, thankfully. We don't know what to do spending the entire day together. But I prefer that to never seeing him.
As far as Christmas goes, I think it was a success. We didn't travel home since both our jobs wouldn't really allow it this time of year. Even though I wish I could have spent time with my family, I loved our little Christmas with our own little family. At first, I was really worried about finding a great gift for Ty. I was trying to think of something that would completely blow his mind or bring him to tears or something. I was getting myself too stressed out so I decided to get a bunch of little things instead. Once I made that decision, I went a little crazy. I kept finding cool or quirky things that I knew he'd love. I ended up getting him:
We spent the rest of the day eating and drinking and then drove around for a few hours looking at possible homes. Our lease is up at the end of February so we're starting to hunt for something with some more land (he's really set on chickens...). I don't know if we'll ever agree on a place... We'll probably end up staying here...
Can you believe 2013 is almost over?? This has been a busy year if not eventful. It flew by. It seems like just yesterday we were saying goodbye to California, but that was over a year ago. Life goes by so much faster the older you get. I'm excited for what 2014 might bring... we don't have any major life events planned such as a move... But life always has a way of surprising us. Who knows...
That's all for now! I'll leave you with some pictures of our holidays...
Chrissy
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But lets back up. I survived hell week/month at work. Barely. The shifts were rough, the stress was high, but I made it. We're back to normal now and I can breathe. It was definitely different being on the manager side of retail during the holidays. It's a whole other level. But I'm stronger now on the other side of the holidays...
I've barely seen Ty the last month and a half. He's been busy with his EMT classed and I've been having crazy hours at work... we've hardly spent time together. That all is back to normal now too, thankfully. We don't know what to do spending the entire day together. But I prefer that to never seeing him.
As far as Christmas goes, I think it was a success. We didn't travel home since both our jobs wouldn't really allow it this time of year. Even though I wish I could have spent time with my family, I loved our little Christmas with our own little family. At first, I was really worried about finding a great gift for Ty. I was trying to think of something that would completely blow his mind or bring him to tears or something. I was getting myself too stressed out so I decided to get a bunch of little things instead. Once I made that decision, I went a little crazy. I kept finding cool or quirky things that I knew he'd love. I ended up getting him:
- Sock garters: he's always complaining about his socks falling down....
- A bottle of bourbon
- A lego mug that he can put legos on
- Legos
- An ice mold in the shape of the Death Star
- A book on NPR
- A book on backyard farming
- A bunch of protein bars, chapstick, coffee, ect. as stocking stuffers
- A print of the latitude and longitude of where I was born, where he was born, and where we were married.
We spent the rest of the day eating and drinking and then drove around for a few hours looking at possible homes. Our lease is up at the end of February so we're starting to hunt for something with some more land (he's really set on chickens...). I don't know if we'll ever agree on a place... We'll probably end up staying here...
Can you believe 2013 is almost over?? This has been a busy year if not eventful. It flew by. It seems like just yesterday we were saying goodbye to California, but that was over a year ago. Life goes by so much faster the older you get. I'm excited for what 2014 might bring... we don't have any major life events planned such as a move... But life always has a way of surprising us. Who knows...
That's all for now! I'll leave you with some pictures of our holidays...
Chrissy
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| Assessing the damage... |
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| It's not Christmas without Charlie Brown... |
