Today, I was unexpectedly given a much needed day off work. Timing could not have been better, as the pre-holiday obligations had been piling up, and life had suddenly thrown at me several bumps in the road to deal with in the way of leaky weather stripping in my car, and a lost Christmas shipment by DHL. I have spent the day running last minute errands (rather efficiently) and completing (almost) all the phone calls that needed to be made.
I am getting excited in looking forward to time of celebration and reunion with my entire family, and close friends. Now that I am finished with my formal education, for now anyway, I am also adjusting to a new holiday schedule, which no longer includes any real "holiday" to speak of. Yes, I am celebrating this wonderful day with loved ones, a good meal, a midnight mass, and gift-giving, just as always, but this time will no longer be associated with returning home from a faraway land, with enjoying the respite after the hell that is final exams, and the weeks upon weeks of downtime holding no obligations of any kind. Instead, I am working everyday on either side of the 25th, and will have to rush from work to my brother's birthday dinner on the evening of the 26th.
I am not explaining this as a form of complaint, just as a musing on my shifting and changing routine. I am happy in looking forward to making my one day off a special one, and am beyond grateful to have the work that I do.
Note to self:
Accept and enjoy the silver linings that life has to offer
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