there are many days and weeks that i feel energetic, positive, upbeat, and able to tackle the world. tonight is not one of them. usually anytime i'm on my period, it's not one of them. tonight, i feel just plain worn out. and frumpy. i feel pretty frumpy. of course, my hair pulled back in a pony tail, the sweats that probably need to be washed and the t-shirt splattered with orange juice that i'm wearing are not helping the matter. oh and the pile of laundry in the bedroom that has been murmuring my name all day are also not helping.
the good thing is that i'm tired because both of our schedules are so full up with work that we hardly have time to do say hello before falling into bed next to each other. it's not a schedule we're going to be able to keep up for long. please pray that god teaches us how to keep all things within their boundaries. we're learning slowly.
we did connect long enough last night to be able to figure out our holiday plans! i'm extremely excited about what we have in store! we picked a few holiday events that we've enjoyed in the recent years and decided which ones we really want to make a tradition. even though danny was with us for his first christmas last year, it seems like this year is his real first, because he's so much more able to enjoy it and understand it.
i absolutely love this time of year. i love decadent hot and chocolaty drinks that come with the season. i love that we go hunt and cut down our own christmas tree every year in the mountainous forests of colorado. (it's kind of hard to do that in california and costa rica.) i am excited to put lights on our house. scratch that. i'm excited to enjoy having lights on our house this year. i will most likely not be the one putting them up, thankyouverymuchalejandro. i am looking forward to christmas music.
yes, i know it's not even thanksgiving yet. hush.
i'm looking forward to christmas pajamas and a tree that has to somehow be toddler proof and dog proof and which will smell like pine and drop needles on the floor for a month. oh and there's christmas eve service and so much more.
ok, i'll stop, because i've surely lost all but my few true friends who are as nut-so over christmas as i am. they're still reading and getting as excited as i am.
anyway, it's going to be a fun season. i'm also looking forward to not traveling much this season. with family far away, we've traditionally been the ones who travel. i'm looking forward to a break from that.
i did say i was going to move on to another subject, didn't it? oops.
danny is doing all kinds of new things now! i just can't keep up. well, i can't keep you guys up. i'm formulating in my mind a 16 month post, but there's a lot of video involved, which always multiplies the time it takes to post it, so hopefully i'll get it posted by the time he's 17 months old. ha!
i'm tempted to tell you all of the things... but i'll resist the temptation and make you all wait. i know. i'm so mean.
we are taking a bible study class at our church which will end this month. that will free up a night of the week. anyone have any ideas what we should do with it? i'm stuck between filling it with serving, another bible study, designating it as a non-working, non-commitment night, or maybe just a night where we can go back to giving each other a night off. remember when we used to do that? no cooking, no working, no responsibilities? it was nice. then financial crisis hit and well, we haven't done that in too long. we could also add a night of work. or we could designate it a cleaning day - because our house could definitely use it. maybe a movie night. what do you all think we should do with that night?
speaking of movie nights, we have one waiting downstairs, so i'd better get goin'.
sweet dreams, everyone!
