Day 13 - Decorating the Tree and Time Travel Christmas Movies
Today was a hard start. I felt down and sad and just well depressed, to put it plainly. I had the house to myself and that was both familiar and strange because I am used to being alone but just not here in this place. I had the day off though so I showered, made tea and sat down and played some Stardew Valley. What better way to mellow out than a farming simulator? I am trying to figure out how to embrace my natural hair but I let it air dry today without brushing it - I just put some cream in it - and well basically it was a lion’s mane. I tried to tame it but the before and after are not looking much different. Stick around for this journey as I try to find my new hair care routine with brown hair (for context I used to be blonde).
I picked up a little bit once everyone was home and there was a little more activity. I still spent most of my day gaming but honestly, that is what I enjoy on my days off and I’m not about to apologize for it. I did get out for a walk with my Mom to go to the LCBO. I didn’t bring anything with me so I needed to stock up on some festive beverages. There is not really anything festive about them except that I will be consuming them during December. I have been craving a rum and coke for some reason. I’m not sure where that craving came from but I used to love those in University.
Then we started decorating the tree which was nice. I’m usually around for this tradition. Whenever I came home from University I would make my parent wait for me to decorate the tree. And this year was no different. I also tuned into a live stream of Out There Theater Company’s live stream of the Messiah/Complex and it was so good! We listened to handel while admired the “after” version of our tree. It was so cool to hear so many diverse voices and languages and interpretations of the music. There were comment complaining about some of the new interpretation but honestly…music is universal. It can mean whatever you want it to mean. You don’t have to love someone else’s interpretation in order to appreciate why they did it. It was so good. Brought back memories of my undergrad for sure.
What better way to end the night than a Christmas movie? Tonight’s pick (obviously it was mine) was “A Classic Christmas” or something like that. And yeah. Time travel was involved. Do I have regrets? Not one. Do my parents? Probably. I loved and hated it all at once.
My vet’s is also having a photo contest and I’m practicing with Navi so that she wins. I don’t think we’ve found the winning photo yet but we’ll get there!
Mom and I finished the evening (and the wine) with and old black and white film called Make Way for Tomorrow. We were just catching the end but it had us laughing and smiling (definitely not the wine’s fault…). It was sweet but kind of sad at the end. But nice to watch an old film by the tree. Something about black and white movies reminds me of Christmas.
Anyway, I do have work tomorrow so I need to go to bed.
Night!
P.S.
I’ve included 3 of my favourite ornements on the tree for fun. One is a ballerina, and angel that I made in grade school that for some reason my mom loves so muchs he keeps every year, and and angel with my birthstone that even though I don’t think she gave it to me, it reminds me of my grandmother who passed a few years ago now. What is your favourite decoration?