Well, the holidays are over, except for the last few gifts to give out and the celebration of the New Year. Overall I was plesantly surprised with it all. I made it back for Thanksgiving, but I stayed in Colorado for Christmas, away from my family, but I did get to spend the time with Matt and his family. It made me feel less alone and things went well. I think that since my family doesn't have as much of a tradition over Christmas it went better than last years Thanksgiving. I've noticed that things that have been the exact same for the past 25 years are much harder to do differently, but things that have changed every year for the past 25 years, those seem much easier to deal with. I still managed to get my tree and decorate it, and make a new wreath to put up each year:
Lilu also enjoyed Christmas very well, she had a great time looking at the presents and then trying to get inside of them. She also assisted in helping me with my laundry attempts for the time off.
