Jewells of Thought

After a long weekend a bit of a break was needed. Since last Thursday I have felt like I haven’t been able to catch my breath. Plus I didn’t have any Pepsi, or Dr. Pepper in a couple of days. So Monday after Christmas dinner I literally fell asleep for a bit on Christmas Day. This never… ever happens to me.

So between the caffeine loss and just the exhaustion of Christmas festivities was enough. Yet there was more that morning. My brother doesn’t get riled up very easily, but he was this Christmas morn.

For the first time in several years my brother and his wife didn’t leave for Florida Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. She had already been there for Thanksgiving a month or so earlier. So this allowed my niece to have Christmas morning with her Mommy. If she had just texted or called though and said something would have been nice, but no we got nothing while it got closer to time for our Grandma Bishop’s Christmas dinner. Jared was very antsy and missed his daughter.

Why a simple word could not be given in respect is a classic response… unfortunately. It made for a very tense morning though, but finally once we did get her for the first time in years we now have her through the New Year. This has also not been possible due to the circumstances of them going to Florida. So even with our delay on Monday we are getting more out of this Christmas than we have gotten for years.

Our family still has one Christmas shindig left. Tomorrow the Alsmans will be coming together down south at my Uncle’s. So we will be busy with family again for dinnertime however long it will take to visit. At least we have had some time to rest, but we may need more time to rest after tomorrow… again.

…The smiles and memories are worth everything!