The Holidays

Thanksgiving….down, only Christmas and New Years to go. Don’t get me wrong I love the Holiday season, but I feel like there are all these expectations I should have. It’s just another day right? Why is it more special than the next? I would definitely like to establish some Holiday traditions for Aiden, but he’s too young to care now, so I volunteered to work on T-day and Black Friday. I got put on call on Thanksgiving and I was actually a bit disapointed, I would have made a lot of money!!! and I sure next year (or some other year coming up) when I actually want it off, I am going to be cursingall the way up to the building.  Brandon, Aiden and I are all going to be in SD for 2 weeks in December and I definitely have mixed feelings about that. First of all it’ll be cold, I am not sure how Aiden is going to deal with that, he hates wearing lots of clothes, and shoes, he hates shoes too, but I bet he’ll learn fast. Second Brandon and I are both creatures of habit, we like our schedules and routines, you know get up go to work, etc, vacations always cramp our style, sadly enough. I thought vacations were all about relaxation? Now don’t get me wrong I am very excited to see my family and friends, and I want Aiden to spend time will all his cousins (he has 5 now!!!!). And I know that people are looking forward to seeing us, and by saying us, I mean Aiden. He much cuter than Brandon or I, and much easier to buy gifts for. Ohhhh another thing since we are flying half-way across the country, with a baby we want to pack light, I am worried that we are going to need extra suitcases to haul everything home. We have so many gifts for people that I am fed-exing them today!!! it’s about 80 pounds or so, I am sending them unwrapped because I am really picky about how my bows look, and I don’t want them getting messed up!!! So we’ll see if my family has enough self-control to keep the tape sealed.

Brandon and I are such scrooges that we always try to move around the Holidays, just to avoid decorating. We got a tree (not last year, but the year before) and it was a disaster, first of all we carried it home because it wouldn’t fit in our cars, and then we brought it up three flights of stairs. Ok…. I don’t care what they say Christmas tree stands even the “easy” ones are a real pain in the a@&!!!!  Ok so I finally got it in (Brandon didn’t want any part of it, he believes in fake trees, but I grew up with the idea that if you don’t get a real tree it’s not Christmas, and I clung to that tightly at that moment). Watering trees can be tricky, trying to shove a pitcher into a space as big as a toothbrush is a bit tricky. (for those of you who are wondering, YES, it is more difficult than giving birth) Which brings us to the next part of the saga, so I didn’t water the tree, at all, for a month. If you think hydrated trees make a mess, try a dehydrated tree, they REALLY make a mess. So around Jan 2nd or 3rd our apt manager sent around a note about not making a mess when taking your trees down. My tree was so dry by this time if I jumped too hard in the other room it would have dropped all it’s needles. So in honor of the letter I decided to drop the tree off the balcony, I wasn’t sure if this was entirely Kosher, so Brandon went down to the outside and waited for me to drop it. The Best part? Him standing down there arms open wide screaming “I’m ready” for a split second I actually thought about throwing it right to him, maybe I’d just get 3-5 with parole….hmm…. j/k I just chalked it up to him being a guy. You know, all guys are invincible and they can all catch really heavy awkward things, because that’s what guys do best *wink wink* Let’s not ruin their fantasy. Ok so I drop it and Brandon runs and Grads it and takes it to the dumpster before anyone can catch us. Later that week the apt manager suggested that a fast and easy way to dispose of the trees was to throw them off the balcony, so much for sneaking around. So since that year I have decided that until my children are old enough to beg me for a tree, and they are willing to crawl under it and water it, no trees for us, maybe a fake one, but not until the kids beg.

Ok so for everyone, yes we want to make sure we can see you all, unless we don’t really like you, then we will avoid you at all costs, in fact YOU are the real reason we moved to LA. But for the rest of you we arrive the 15th and then go to Sioux Falls, and then back again after 2 days and we will be there until the 27th, so I want to make sure we can all see you, so don’t be shy, and Have a great Holiday Season.

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