Sean came over today and got the tree up from the basement and set it up. My mom helped him open up the branches. I sat in the corner of the room watching them and playing my Christmas 2023 playlist on Apple Music. It’s all our faves!:
I really like that at least Christmas is NOT going to feel like Thanksgiving did for me!!! I can wait for all of the Christmas glory! I looked at the reflection in my TV just before I watched mass, and I saw this, and was vastly contented, I just can’t wait until it’s lit up and that’s happening tomorrow!!!:
I just changed my profile picture on Facebook and Twitter to the infamous #TriBotChristmas picture! I think Sean was six.
I have already posted that Thanksgiving for me this year was the very first in my chronic illness where it just felt like just another day. That completely startles me!!!
It has been a litany of me apologizing and constantly telling my Mom that I did not think it would ever get this bad! But, it’s really not that bad! Yes! This hurts a whole lot every second of every day for the rest of my life but I think I am in a Good headspace.
I am praying a lot more and that is helping me. Close to 23 years of dealing with this chronic illness definitely has me startled to say the least!!!
The Hallmark channel is on my TV whenever I turn it on. My Mom washed my hair today and we watched this for about the second or third time and I think my Mom has yet to be awake for the entire movie:
it took me a minute to realize why Scott Wolf looks so familiar… Partyof Five, hello?!
It took me seeing the end of the movie all three times to figure out what song was playing! I was reminded of my teaching days and working out at Barwis:
Everyone who knows me, KNOWS my favorite Christmas song! My oldest nephew texted me this on Tuesday:
I read that and my heart smiled! I texted him back:
Sean was over here when Lil Dave texted me that and he told me that, “EVERYONE knows that that is your song!” I smiled because it’s pretty much true so I will put that here now:
In the past couple years, my Mom has mentioned songs that she likes because I am crazy for a Wham! I actually put this song on an Apple Music playlist, so my Mom would enjoy it as well, but I forgot that I put it on because she likes it so I have to put them here as well:
Sean and I were recently talking and he told me that he thinks this is his favorite song:
OF COURSE this is my song’s favorite Christmas song! He is such an old soul! Has been for his entire life! I did this one too!!!
I have been seeing this commercial often in my YouTube feed!!!:
I haven’t had one of those since I was working at CCA!!! My Mom came home from my aunt Linda’s house with this:
To all of my CCA. OGs, IYKYK!!! My Mom tried one yesterday and I had one at the same time. She is NOT a fan at all so it’s up to me to eat this entire tree! I had another one today. I will need to pace myself, though, I AM a wheelchair user who is progressing to not moving at all so…
I have accepted some things about myself. The first thing is that I am a planner. I schedule everything sometimes to a fault I think, but I saw evidence of the fact that I am a planner because I am about to change over to my Winter box of chapstick from my Fall box. I will show you how much of a planner I am:
Fall Box:
I was able to fill my complete Fall flavored box. I am currently using all four flavors, but I was able to put the Pomegranate one inside the box. I will not use that flavor until after Winter is over.
I just looked into my Winter box, and I was completely reminded of how much of a planner I am!:
Winter Box:
I feel that I have to explain this picture even aside from the strange format. The first flavor is Ginger Spice on the left. I use from the day after Thanksgiving until December 31. I am set to use the Cocoa Mint from January 1 until it’s finished. Then, I will use Vanilla Bean until the weather starts getting warmer and that’s when I use the rest of the Pomegranate I have.
I am such a planner, because every single chapstick in my Winter box is sealed, except for ginger spice, which I started to use last year. All of this really doesn’t matter, but it keeps me sane to think and write about it.
I got this email on October 13 and I am mediately, texted it to my cousinT, Shannon. We both agreed that we would not listen to it until after Thanksgiving, but in full disclosure – it’s close enough and I HAD TO listen! I thought that I would pick one favorite song but his voice is so smooth that I couldn’t choose one! So instead, I will just put the songs here and know that I will be listening to this album on loop for pretty much the entire Christmas season!:
