Here we go – we are starting our holiday season but sadly this year is a holiday season is like no other year.
Who knew 8 months ago that we would be living in this shit show of a OMG don’t touch me kind of world eh?
Where masks are mandatory in public space – you can’t tell if people are smiling or frowning and everyone just wants to get their shit done and get out as soon as humanly possible!!!
How is this the Christmas Season where we cannot smile at our fellow human and have them smile back and wish a Happy Christmas?
I just don’t know.
I do love Christmas but in years past not in the traditional sense.
Since the children have grown I have in past found myself bah humbugging, minimal decorating and struggling to gift buy.
This year though – something sparked – maybe it’s the fact that we are shut down and can’t go anywhere or maybe it’s because we have an amazing granddaughter or maybe it’s the fact that I have finally pulled my head out of my ass to enjoy the simplistic joy that is just the holiday season?!
Hubs and I took a day off and hung our lights in our pergola and it looked ok once lit BUT to me – nope – need more lights – so then I hung lights on the overhang at the back door – nope need more lights – so a string here and a string there and voila – a lovely festive dispay – for the record I think I still need more lights but I will abstain.
This year – I have shopped and shopped and not all expensive stuff but I purchased plane fare for my son to go see his wonderful girlfriend – and I am spoiling my grand daughter (duh) and as we typically do our festive meal on boxing day because of scheduling this year we will have actual Christmas dinner on Christmas day!!!
I’ve started planning the meal and the baking and feeling really really good about it instead of oh good lord dreading it.
So…what happened you ask?
It ain’t rocket science – I pulled my head out of my ass and stopped stressing and worrying and thinking about how it’s all about poor inconvenienced me and took it back to old school.
To a real tree (not up yet but TBD) to decorating well before Christmas week to ohhhh…now – to feeling better and making the best of a dumpter fire of a shit show situation to helping my fellow humans where I can to stop being such a self absorbed ass.
Yep – do you remember when we were kids and it was like the best time ever – the anticipation of it and the joy of the snow and the fun of it all??
Yep – that’s me this year – and I hope many years to come cause we only get so many trips round the sun that I have decided I am not going to waste anymore of them.
Yep…contrary to popular belief in these stupid Covid times – life is good – you just need to see it.
I’m the lucky one this year – yes I am.
Stay safe – wear a mask – wash your hands!
Be well!!!
Orange Acres 