Let me tell you, since moving from the 518 to the 804 my holiday traditions have changed vastly. There is no other family coming over for dinner. I don't get to eat Aunt Jens squash in vast quantity because she isn't going to come down here and make it just for me, nor do I care to make it for myself. Uncle Art wont be falling asleep in my living room immediately after dinner. There will be no modge podge of foods made for Christmas eve by everyone and brought to whomevers house was voted this year to eat at.
BUT, we've made new traditions. We make certain that my parents neighbors are around, because well we all like to have a good time and the more the merrier right. Especially now that the kids are getting married and having kids. We also need to include Jessica and her family. This is a thing this year more than ever before because now they are getting married, so we HAVE to deal. Not that her family is bad, they just aren't mine. So we'll do Thanksgiving at Jessica's house with her family and Trav will bitch because the tv set up isn't as great as it is at the rents. We will do Christmas eve at the rents because now that they are grandparents (of sorts) that's just what we need to do. We will do Christmas day morning at Jessica's because she is the one to produce a child who still gets into fits over opening gifts. And New Years, well thats all my rents too, because honestly, I wont have it any other way.
I'm not against change. It's certainly been different. Some times, I miss the chaos of my family in the 518, but most times, most times all I want anyway is my babe. That works out just fine for me.
After these past few weeks at work, I cannot wait until the breaks begin. I cant even cope.
And I'm okay with that too.
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