Happy New Year, my friends! Officially one day into a fresh year, and a fresh decade! I’m excited to see what this one will bring! But in real life, nothing crazy has changed overnight. Keep in mind that goals can start ANYtime, and are not reliant on January first being day one, or Monday being day one, or 2020 being the year. I’m all for evaluating goals and self improvement, but I was a fan of that yesterday, too, and I will also be tomorrow 😉 So don’t forget that today is not so different ❤️ I’m not being very eloquent, but for reference, I was super upset over New Years after our rocky 2017. I felt like I should be somewhat “better” by the end of the year in terms of my grief for my lost babies. I was wisely advised that the only reason I was being so hard on myself was because it was the year’s end, and my grief doesn’t care what day it is. So all I’m trying to say is that the first day of the year is simply a day on the calendar. Don’t put too much pressure on the day itself.
I spent last night with my mom and siblings, opening gifts and doing the Christmas thing sans kids. Kids will open their presents this afternoon, because its a time that suits everyone! Do they care that its January already? Nope! I like that 🙂 But yesterday evening, Jerilee graciously came over and hung out at home while we went to my moms and hung out with my family. Brady and I were gifted a beautiful calendar from my mom’s nature photos, an excellent feast for an at-home date night, and I was given a stack of knitting supplies!! All of my knitting over this year has been done on a loom, which is actually super awesome, but has been limiting. I now have all I need to get started really knitting, plus a Michaels gift card to get yarn or whatever little items I may be missing and don’t know about yet. What a haul!
We ate chips and crackers and taco dip and cheese dip and Brie and all kinds of Christmas baking. Goodness it was SUCH a yummy evening. We welcomed the new year quietly, in the living room, lit with Christmas lights, all together. It was warm and loving and felt like a long time coming ❤️ Brady and I headed home shortly after midnight, and chatted with Jerilee for about a half hour before we all tucked in for the night. Yes, we kept Jerilee so she wouldn’t drive home in the dark, on the ice, with all the other late night drivers who may or may not be intoxicated 😬
What a nice way to celebrate a new decade! Despite the difficulty of 2019 and all thats happened in it, I’m thankful for it. I learned a ton and I’m a very different person than I was in the beginning of it. I wonder if I’ll say that at the end of this year, too. I guess we’ll have to check back in and see! Lol! Same time, next year! 🥳