Christmas is all I am thinking about today. I love Christmas –the decorations, the baked goods, the music, the family gatherings and gift giving. Today is December 1, and my house is decorated, my Christmas cards are mailed, my presents are all purchased, my mom and I have even gotten all the Christmas baking done. This is the first time, ever, that I have been this prepared for Christmas. A lot of this is due to the “big thing” going on in our life. My husband starts his job on January 4. Because he will be leaving in a month, we have so many things to do, including, but not limited to: selling his car, meeting with realtors, starting to pack up some of the things we don’t use frequently and finding a storage facility. But we also want to enjoy our Christmas, especially since it will be the last one in this house. Also on my mind, is the fact that when my husband leaves, we won’t be seeing him for weeks at a time until the girls and I move to England a few months later. I want this time to be as special as it can be –and take lots of pictures for our own memories, and so the kids will always remember it. The more prepared I am, the easier it will be to just sit back and enjoy the special moments.
Two years ago at this time, I was working from home on modified bed rest, trying to keep my youngest from arriving into the world too early and my husband was working from home “just in case”. She had tried twice already by that point to come. I remember thinking at that time, at least it is Christmas time and we get to enjoy our decorations. Now two years later, my husband and I have been fortunate enough with our jobs that we are both working from home, and again, we are thinking the same thing –at least we get to enjoy our Christmas decorations and our tree all day long, not just in the evenings. What a blessing.
We do plan to travel back to the US for Christmas next year, so if all goes as planned, we won’t be celebrating it in England, but we will take our Christmas decorations with us, so that we can at least decorate our new place and hopefully, make it feel a little bit more like home.
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