I got to spend this Christmas with part of my family. Andrew and I were the only ones who could get to Mom's this Christmas, but we did our best to make up for the absence of all the small fry and their parents.
In addition to just hanging out, we played a couple games last night (Rummikub and Upwords). This morning we opened presents, which, with just three of us and no small children, didn't take long - 13 minutes or so. This afternoon, we went out to the farm to hang out with a couple cousins we don't get to see very often, and that was fun.
While I'm not a terribly social person, I do love spending time with my family. I wish we all lived a little closer together so we could meet up more often. But everyone has their own lives in their own worlds, and those worlds don't overlap very often. When they do, though, I like it.
To help fill the time, Mom and Andrew checked out a 3D puzzle from the Humboldt Library to give Andrew and me something to do. We've done this before. Andrew and I put together the cathedral of Notre Dame one Christmas and the Empire State Building on another. This year was an Alpine castle, and I didn't think we'd get this one done before I had to leave. But we succeeded! We finished, well, Andrew finished, shortly after supper.
It's cool, right?
The only thing I didn't get to do this Christmas was watch all my favorite Christmas shows. I'm planning to watch some this weekend. I know it's after Christmas, but it's still the right season. Plus, I still need to finish my Christmas shopping, so Christmas isn't technically over yet. Oh well. It's been that kind of Christmas season.
Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas. God bless!
