What a crazy few weeks we’ve had…work Christmas parties, friend get togethers, a good friend of ours had a baby a week and a half ago (congrats again Erin and Michael!), loads of deadlines at work, family get togethers, etc. etc. It seems like forever since I’ve written anything here (or anywhere else for that matter!).
Work has been crazy busy…I’ve been working a bit of overtime again which is much easier said than done with a teen and a toddler! Kris’ fencing season has wrapped up until after the Christmas break. He’s been getting less and less motivated to practice, we’re hoping this improves in the new year! Mark’s come down with another throat infection that has really bowled him over the last week or so. He was even at the doctor’s office for 4 hours this morning to get more antibiotics and pain killers! He’s been having a helluva time sleeping/eating/etc.
The year is finally winding to a close. All the craziness is calming. Mark’s parents and brother (hippy Joe) were over for dinner and presents tonight. It was nice just to sit and visit for a while. We haven’t spent much time with any of the Bentleys lately — hectic schedules for us, crazy travelling (fernie, costa rica, etc.) for them! We did presents and dinner. Played Wii (Laura has some sick bowling windmill moves — she’ll be sore tomorrow!), watched some of the Planet Earth documentary and went for an annual Christmas Eve walk. Mark is putting Emmy to bed now and the house is so blisfully quiet.
Right after everyone left, we listened as a family to our voicemail. It was Aunt Christine from New York reading Twas the Night Before Christmas. It definitely brought a tear to my eye for the four of us to be standing there together listening to her read to us from so very far away. Then Emma slammed Kris’ fingers in a drawer, he started cussing, she slammed her own fingers in the drawer, she started crying. It was life as usual again! So sweet to hear her read to us though. For a moment, all was calm. That’s what I wish for everyone for Christmas — a moment of sweet calmness before the chaos of life invades again. Merry Christmas everyone! I’ll try to write more in the coming days…
