The World In Solemn Stillness Lay...?
There's this old hymn about how the world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. Wouldn't that be nice. For the world to be still for just a moment? Our lives are so chaotic, and things can be so crazy that we forget what the meaning of stillness is. And this Christmas has been anything but quiet and still.
While craziness around the holidays are usual, this year has taken the cake and not in a good way. And while there were some really good memories made, this has got to be one of the hardest Christmases I've ever had. From drama, to short sales, to getting packages stolen, it's been a rough Christmas indeed. I know there are so many people out there that have it so much worse and so much harder, but mine has been more emotional than anything else. If there is one thing I can't stand more than just about anything else is non-family members creating so much drama for my family that it ruins most of Christmas. Family is one thing. As the old saying goes "Deck the halls and not your family Falalalalalalalala." Family creating drama is nothing new to anyone and frankly it's just something we all put up with because well...their family. Friends (and I use that term in the loosest of senses and by that I quite literally mean friends-ish of my family) are something entirely different. When others create drama (and I mean the bad kind) for my family, especially around the holidays or special events that takes away from our family time, I tend to get a tad growl-ly. Not because I'm jealous...simply because I hate drama. I do my best to keep people who create drama out of my life. So you can imagine I did a lot of tongue biting over Christmas weekend just to maintain the peace. Thankfully, here I don't have to completely keep all in, it being my blog and all. When we finally did get home (for which I don't think I was ever quite so ready to be home as I was then) we attempted to grab a bite to eat before heading home knowing there was quite literally nothing in our fridge. I had made sure that we ate all the leftovers and froze the few things we couldn't totally eat. So literally nothing but condiments in the fridge. Suffice to say the stop to have dinner turned into quite the interesting ride with one massively dirty diaper that got everywhere, one that was horribly stinky but very little, a missing diaper bag, a left hat, no license to drink, switched dinners, spilled coleslaw, and sideways rain. Yup, and that is the epitome of our Christmas. That is until we got home and discovered the sweatshirt Josh bought me for Christmas was stolen off our porch. Oh, yeah, and the little bit about having to move in March rather than end of May/beginning of June. So there's that too.
It's almost humorous how insane it has been. I mean with all that is deciding to drop on us now, all we can really do is laugh. That being the only other option to crying and raging...laughing seems like a better option. On the good side of things, a friend of mine had recommended using just the exercises in yoga. I'm not into all the "energies and self awareness" yahoo of yoga, but the exercises are a blast. Hard, but fun. Josh and I started doing the couples yoga and about died laughing. He's about as flexible as a 2"X4" and I'm as bendy as a straw. I've got about as much muscle tone as a noddle, but he's as strong as a brick. It made for some fun times. After an hour and a half we called it quits as our legs were shaking, and our arms were jelly. I can't wait to do tomorrow's! If there's one thing that this craziness has done, it's the drive to kick ***. I want to build all those muscles that don't get used much, and with that my confidence in myself to say no. The confidence to say no to things and people when I need my world to be still. So, cheers to that.
What are you plans for the new year? I don't mean resolutions of weight loss, and what have you. I mean the ones that are going to expand your life. Like moving, or a new job, or kids, or well, you get the picture. Me, I'm going to take each day as it comes and enjoy every second it brings. Good, bad, awful, glorious, or indifferent. I'm going to enjoy every single thing that life throws at me. Join me as we hit the road of 2017!
While craziness around the holidays are usual, this year has taken the cake and not in a good way. And while there were some really good memories made, this has got to be one of the hardest Christmases I've ever had. From drama, to short sales, to getting packages stolen, it's been a rough Christmas indeed. I know there are so many people out there that have it so much worse and so much harder, but mine has been more emotional than anything else. If there is one thing I can't stand more than just about anything else is non-family members creating so much drama for my family that it ruins most of Christmas. Family is one thing. As the old saying goes "Deck the halls and not your family Falalalalalalalala." Family creating drama is nothing new to anyone and frankly it's just something we all put up with because well...their family. Friends (and I use that term in the loosest of senses and by that I quite literally mean friends-ish of my family) are something entirely different. When others create drama (and I mean the bad kind) for my family, especially around the holidays or special events that takes away from our family time, I tend to get a tad growl-ly. Not because I'm jealous...simply because I hate drama. I do my best to keep people who create drama out of my life. So you can imagine I did a lot of tongue biting over Christmas weekend just to maintain the peace. Thankfully, here I don't have to completely keep all in, it being my blog and all. When we finally did get home (for which I don't think I was ever quite so ready to be home as I was then) we attempted to grab a bite to eat before heading home knowing there was quite literally nothing in our fridge. I had made sure that we ate all the leftovers and froze the few things we couldn't totally eat. So literally nothing but condiments in the fridge. Suffice to say the stop to have dinner turned into quite the interesting ride with one massively dirty diaper that got everywhere, one that was horribly stinky but very little, a missing diaper bag, a left hat, no license to drink, switched dinners, spilled coleslaw, and sideways rain. Yup, and that is the epitome of our Christmas. That is until we got home and discovered the sweatshirt Josh bought me for Christmas was stolen off our porch. Oh, yeah, and the little bit about having to move in March rather than end of May/beginning of June. So there's that too.
It's almost humorous how insane it has been. I mean with all that is deciding to drop on us now, all we can really do is laugh. That being the only other option to crying and raging...laughing seems like a better option. On the good side of things, a friend of mine had recommended using just the exercises in yoga. I'm not into all the "energies and self awareness" yahoo of yoga, but the exercises are a blast. Hard, but fun. Josh and I started doing the couples yoga and about died laughing. He's about as flexible as a 2"X4" and I'm as bendy as a straw. I've got about as much muscle tone as a noddle, but he's as strong as a brick. It made for some fun times. After an hour and a half we called it quits as our legs were shaking, and our arms were jelly. I can't wait to do tomorrow's! If there's one thing that this craziness has done, it's the drive to kick ***. I want to build all those muscles that don't get used much, and with that my confidence in myself to say no. The confidence to say no to things and people when I need my world to be still. So, cheers to that.
What are you plans for the new year? I don't mean resolutions of weight loss, and what have you. I mean the ones that are going to expand your life. Like moving, or a new job, or kids, or well, you get the picture. Me, I'm going to take each day as it comes and enjoy every second it brings. Good, bad, awful, glorious, or indifferent. I'm going to enjoy every single thing that life throws at me. Join me as we hit the road of 2017!
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