The Holidays

Thankfully, I’ve been getting much needed time off from work due to the holidays and not using up all my vacation time…until now. I’m definitely enjoying the time off watching movies and trying to get some of my own stuff done, but at the same time I feel a little bored or down. Maybe it’s because Christmas wasn’t the way I liked it to be and also because it was the first Christmas without my furry baby Jamie.

I tried to make the most of the holiday though and I ended up baking a ham for Christmas and it turned out pretty good. I also made a new carrot side dish and that turned out good and some Christmas cookies.

I watched the Disney parade and then went to my brother’s house to visit his pups. I gave cards out to both my parents and my brother, money to my brother, and a small gift for my mom and shoes for my dad. It irritates me when no one bothers to read the cards so maybe next year I just won’t do cards. I got money from my brother, which is nice, but I like it better when someone surprises me or puts some thought into the gift. I got a nice ornament frame from a coworker and a dachshund ornament from my boss. The best Christmas present I got was from myself lol. That would of course be the Dec. 6 BSB concert in Chicago and VIP. I know myself so well lol.

That pretty much was my Christmas. I wish we would have decorated the house more or have gotten a real tree or decorated any tree but that’s just how it is right now.

As for New Years, I’ll probably be watching all the music shows on tv and enjoying some more time off from work. It’s always nice to get a fresh new year with endless possibilities.

The year 2013 has been bipolar bittersweet for me filled with high ups and low downs. I can sincerely say that everything awesome that happened to me this year was because of BSB! Losing my doggy soulmate and my parents with their serious health problems have been lows. Thankfully, I keep treating myself to BSB events. I really want to treat myself in 2014 to the cruise, but I don’t know what I’m going to do just yet.

I hope 2014 brings us peace, love, and happiness and that all the crap that may be in our lives just dissolves away and is replaced by the good stuff.