Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part, but I think I’m ready.
It’s been a rough year, and I don’t really care about Halloween anyways, so if we had to fast forward to mid-November when people started putting lights up and playing Christmas music and all of that, I think I’d be along for the ride at this point!
The cooler weather has definitely already gotten my senses realigned for the holidays – I’ve been able to walk with Christopher a handful of times since our latest hurricane and I can once again walk to the car and back without sweat pouring out of my every nook and cranny, so that’s nice!
I’m also kind of looking forward to shopping for gifts for people this year. Even though we don’t have a lot to spare, it’s still fun browsing all of the latest and greatest gadgets and trying to pick out what games and toys would elicit the craziest responses on Christmas morning! Watching your kids open their presents is seriously one of the best parts of parenting… 😉
And maybe it’s just the mental state that I’m in at the moment that I’m really eager to get to the season that bombards us with happiness from every angle for six weeks straight! Like I said, 2024 has been a lot more bumps and bruises than smooth sailing, so the idea of shoving all of that aside for a while to wind down and relax and appreciate the things and people around us that matter the most sounds pretty darned welcoming to me.
You just watch – now is when I’ll finally get the scheduling sorted out for the surgery that I’ve been chasing pretty much the entire year, but I don’t care … I’ll watch Christmas movies and drink peppermint milkshakes with an ice pack in one hand and a bottle of Vicodin in the other if I have to!
Ain’t nothing gonna stop my holiday spirit this time around, even if you do come carrying a scalpel and an overly eager smile…
P.S. No, it’s not the surgery for my kidney transplant. This is something else that I’m being vague about because it’s gross, but let’s be honest, most of my medical stuff is pretty gross these days.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!