I just thought I would post a quick update before I head to bed to either read the new book I got at the library or keep working on a hat I am making as a Christmas gift. Despite my hopes of making December a low key month spent enjoying the season it is already turning out to be extra crazy. This first week is the busiest and then it should taper off in time to have a pretty relaxed Christmas week, that's the hope anyway.
Since I decided to hold off on the PTA program I have been incredibly relieved. I just wasn't prepared for all of that right now. There is too much going on around here and too much up in the air for me to be committing to that. I don't even think it would have been possible to fit the volunteer hours in this month anyway and that would have been my best shot at getting in. Instead of doing that I am going to be babysitting a friends son three afternoons a week for the first three weeks of December. That will be keeping me busy. This week is being spent getting the house clean and getting Christmas decorations up. We will be getting our tree on Saturday with some friends and we are excited to get it decorated. Eric will be putting up the outside lights tomorrow and hopefully we'll get our other decorations up by Thursday. We began our Advent Calendar today and have plenty of activities each day to keep us busy. Madison also brought home a calendar from school with an activity for each day which I didn't know about so we've got one more thing to add to our fun. I love Christmas!
I finished my class on Monday. The relief when I finished that exam was huge. I could feel the weight lifted off my shoulders the second I put my pencil down. I have worked really hard in that class this quarter and I was ready for a break and ready to spend more time with my girls. Eric is still in his class for another two weeks and then he will be done as well.
Eric called the company out of Kent today and he told him things are looking good for work in the next couple of weeks. I can't imagine he would have that much work just before Christmas so I'm thinking it would be more like after the first of the year but we'll see. The commute is going to, well......suck especially if the roads are bad but it's the ONLY option so we're being as grateful as possible and hoping it all falls into place.
Christmas is a funny season. There is something about Christmastime that can make you feel overwhelmingly grateful, peaceful and happy but, at the same time, make you feel sadness for others, sadness for your situation and sadness for the disappointments in your life (family to be specific). I don't know if it's just me or if others feel this way but Christmas is a very sentimental time of year and those sentiments range between them all. I'm hoping to concentrate on the happier sentiments this year as much as possible. This unemployment situations with Eric won't last forever. At some point we'll come out the other side having taken away plenty of lessons and a new found appreciation for just about everything but this journey has tested us in ways I can't even describe. Every time I find myself getting swallowed in the self pity I feel ashamed because there are so many people out there dealing with things I can't even imagine, unthinkable things. We are so blessed and have more gifts than I could ever truly wish for. May we all remember how blessed we are with the gifts of love, family, health and safety.
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