For some reason I'm not feeling the holiday cheer. I generally enjoy the holiday festivities but this year I'm just not there. I'm not sad or blue...I'm simply not finding the glee right now. Maybe my mind is on overload between all of those damn responsibilities and things that have to be done leading up to the celebrations? Or perhaps the whole spirit of giving feels a bit lost...I just don't know. I'm just going through the motions of all of the prep.
I'm more looking forward to the new year beginning. This year has been a bit rough on us, as it has on too many. Comparatively, we're just fine. Our little trio can handle pretty much anything by now, as long as we keep "us" in tact, it's all okay.
Next year shows promise...Dan's making a movie, my work gig is steady, and Cole's happy. We plan to put in raised beds in our backyard for veggies and to do some updating to Cole's room (to make it more "boy" than toddler...). Having my hands in things relieves life's stresses. I'm going to learn to surf this year too...I want to be able to be in the water with Cole when he tries it next summer! I'd love Dan to try too...if we both were able to surf just a little, we could do it with Cole whenever he wanted to...It'd be a great family thing...
Thankfully, there's nothing major coming up for Cole. He can enjoy the rest of first grade with only the responsiblity of homework to worry about. And so far, he loves homework...Big smiles for homework! Most of his homework is math, which for whatever crazy reason he loves and does very well with. They also have to write a short story each week and that seems to be something he likes too. His stories are usually very amusing. When assigned to write about a member of the community he would like to have come over to his house, and what they would do, he wrote about his pediatrician coming over and playing tag in the backyard...laughing as we wrote the story because he knew it was a funny thing to want to do...man do I love that kid!
Man? Did I really just write that? Admittedly, in my head I use a lot of less than choice words that I usually edit out when I write...but what other word would you use to punctuate the feeling? God? I really try to avoid using that...Damn, same...Man works sometimes, especially if you grew up in the 60's/70's...it's just part of the repetoire. And on that note...
I'm more looking forward to the new year beginning. This year has been a bit rough on us, as it has on too many. Comparatively, we're just fine. Our little trio can handle pretty much anything by now, as long as we keep "us" in tact, it's all okay.
Next year shows promise...Dan's making a movie, my work gig is steady, and Cole's happy. We plan to put in raised beds in our backyard for veggies and to do some updating to Cole's room (to make it more "boy" than toddler...). Having my hands in things relieves life's stresses. I'm going to learn to surf this year too...I want to be able to be in the water with Cole when he tries it next summer! I'd love Dan to try too...if we both were able to surf just a little, we could do it with Cole whenever he wanted to...It'd be a great family thing...
Thankfully, there's nothing major coming up for Cole. He can enjoy the rest of first grade with only the responsiblity of homework to worry about. And so far, he loves homework...Big smiles for homework! Most of his homework is math, which for whatever crazy reason he loves and does very well with. They also have to write a short story each week and that seems to be something he likes too. His stories are usually very amusing. When assigned to write about a member of the community he would like to have come over to his house, and what they would do, he wrote about his pediatrician coming over and playing tag in the backyard...laughing as we wrote the story because he knew it was a funny thing to want to do...man do I love that kid!
Man? Did I really just write that? Admittedly, in my head I use a lot of less than choice words that I usually edit out when I write...but what other word would you use to punctuate the feeling? God? I really try to avoid using that...Damn, same...Man works sometimes, especially if you grew up in the 60's/70's...it's just part of the repetoire. And on that note...
