Day 24 - Merry Christmas (almost)!
Well friends, we made it. I am exhausted. It’s been a strange day. I have never been so relaxed working retail during the Christmas season. It’s very strange. But I made it nonetheless and still managed to tire myself out.
Today I got to work with some great people, and I went all out on the festivity. As much as I had packed with me for my parents place anyway. It was a pretty laid back day. The orders have slowed down and I guess everyone was settling in for Christmas. But working Christmas Eve wouldn’t be complete without hot chocolate. I have included a very unflattering photo of me drinking it.
When I finished, my Christmas wish came true and it snowed! I was very happy by that. I like when it snows. Everything just feel a little more magical.
One of my friends even got me a gift and a gift for Navi! It was so cute! She loved it, but she was rude and didn’t let me read the card to her. After that we went on a quick excursion to drop off gifts and food to my brother’s place. Unfortunately we can’t spend Christmas with them, so we wanted to at least give them everything they would need to have a special Christmas at their own house.
After that we sat down to eat - it’s a more recent tradition for us to have Tortiere for Christmas Eve dinner. While we ate we started up a movie that we watched virtually with my brother and his fiance. We chose Klaus and I think we all really enjoyed it!
After that we started the puzzles I picked out this year. We have made some good progress but will have to finish tomorrow.
Overall…it just isn’t the same. I think I feel sadness for a lot of people right now and it’s just been a hard year. If you are having a hard time with this particular holiday season, I am sorry you are dealing with that. It’s okay to feel sad. It’s okay to be struggling with all of this. There will be more Christmas’s and holidays to come for us to make up for this year. But I know it’s still hard. Do something for yourself tonight, or tomorrow. Or whenever you’re reading this. How have you been kind to yourself today? And if you can’t come up with an answer, “How can you be?”
It’s time for me to sign off for another year. Thank you to everyone who has been following. I can’t tell you how much it means to have you as part of the community. If you feel so inspired, share this blog, tell people about it, comment and like posts. It helps me to see that you are reading, and that it matters. It can also help me target content that will actually be useful. But thank you no matter what for even being here in the first place. You are wonderful.
Merry Christmas my friends, and see you closer to the new year!
XO
-B