What a Christmas!
This holiday season has been a doozy for my family. The thing that I still don’t feel inclined to write about is improving, not completely resolved, but considerably better. But it has left me in a very stressed and depressed state of mind. I’m trying to get through it as best I can, because money is insanely tight right now and I can’t bring myself to make things worse by going to the doctor. Maybe someday soon.
As for Christmas itself, it was… interesting. We weren’t able to get Pumpkin much, but we did manage to get her one of the big things on her list (a portable DVD player). She was happy with what she got, but commented that Santa didn’t bring her much. I’m really beginning to hate the whole Santa notion, and Hubby and I have decided that the next time she asks if he exists we’re going to tell her the truth. Then maybe she won’t have such high expectations, and won’t be disappointed.
The biggest Christmas present we got was a flooded basement. And when I say flooded, I mean flooded. It has flooded a few times, but never this badly. There was lots of snow still laying on the ground from the week before, and we got a buttload of rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The trenches we had dug were full of snow, so they were no help. We had to get out in the rain shortly after opening gifts and clear those trenches out, then Hubby picked up two of his brothers and had them come help finish the job and get some of that water out. Once again, I’m thankful that we had a pump to pump it out with, because there’s no way we could have rented one on Christmas.
With the water being pumped out, we tried to relax for the rest of the day. We had a scrumptious Honey Baked half ham for dinner. I cooked it all day in the crock pot, and it came out nice and tender. We gave some of it to Hubby’s family, Pumpkin ate one piece, and Hubby and I had the rest of it gone by the next day. Too bad we didn’t have some Solo Slim on hand – maybe it would have lasted a little longer.
After dinner we went to the inlaws’ house to play cards. Then we came back home, had a few drinks, and hit the hay. All in all, it wasn’t a bad Christmas. We got to spend time together as a family, and as far as I’m concerned that’s what it’s all about. I just hope next Christmas is less stressful.
