It is about five hours until my favorite part of Christmas.  All the singing is done, all the hands shaken, all the hugs hugged.  The world, for one shining moment, is peaceful.  It is then when I experience Christmas.  No more ads telling me that I will ruin somene's life if I don't get them A, B, or C.  No 'holiday music' that goes from the beautiful (O Holy Night) to the ridiculous (It's the Holiday Season).  No worries about what I have to do tomorrow.  For an instant, I am transported to a distant land and a far away time when it was all still and peace, watching a newborn babe who had just come into this world. 

I grasp to hold onto it, but it always slips away.  Modern life intrudes and the cares of the present day come to the fore.  I can't reflect, as I have to concentrate on driving.  The radio goes on to keep me awake.  I begin thinking of the promises I have made to myself for the next week (vacation, yes!)  and the next year.  Life begins again, and I think of the future instead of the past.

Merry Christmas...and my hope is that all of you get that small moment as well to really feel what the true meaning of this day is.

It's been awhile since my last post, so figured everyone could use an update, and by everyone I of course mean the 3 people who read this.

I am all moved into my new apartment, OK I'm 98% moved in. I still need to grab a couple things from the old place and clean it. We went today to clean it and the vacuum busted, so now I need a new vacuum. Besides that little snafu all went relatively well, definitely not according to plan as we wanted to take the entire month to move, but one weekend and we got it done. My new place is great, there is much more room and we have a buffer room in between us now so that I don't have to hear his TV and such at night.

I am back on the dating scene too, yes it hasn't been that long since Steph decided beer was better than me, BUT I figure FUCK HIM! He didn't deserve me and why should I dwell on someone who is such an idiot :) I am talking to a few people online, haven't met anyone yet, just taking it slow, just chit chatting, so we'll see how it goes :)

I also decided to make a bunch of meals to freeze so when I am hungry I can just grab them and have to eat. I made some small containers, each one has 2 portion sizes, I made some lasagna, sheppard's pie and a beef casserole thingy. I think I am going to do this more often, I looked up some more recipes and I think I will add more to what I have, variety is the spice of life!

Speaking of variety, I joined a fitness boot camp that starts in January. It's from 5:30 to 6:30 am, 3 days a week. It is totally going to kill me. I am not really worried about the fitness aspect at the moment, I mean I know that's going to hurt but what I am more concerned for is getting up that freaking early! I usually go to bed around 3am, so I will have to start going to bed much earlier if I will be getting up at 4am for that!

I think that's all that is going on with my life.... update complete, until next month! because quite frankly, I am horrible at this blogging thing