Thursday, December 25, 2014

Expectations: The Killer of Happiness

The first 30 or 40 minutes of this lovely Christmas morning were perfect! Then we got the call that our enormous (as in tons of food) family brunch was canceled today. You know when you've been planning a thing to go a certain way for so long and then it's abruptly altered; bum expectations. My third shifter hubby decided that since the family gathering was called off for today he'd just head to bed at about 10:30AM. Joy! Joy! Joy! I was hoping to spend Christmas alone with just my son and a few pounds of cookies... <sarcasm

After an enormous inward temper tantrum and a sugary binge I worked up enough motivation to get out of the house with the little guy. Half to get myself away from the sweets in the house and half in an attempt to calm my thoughts. I received a CD for Christmas this morning from my hubby of one of my very favorite artists, Kari Jobe. It's a worship CD. I'm very quickly brought back to my senses whenever I put any of her music on. I popped it in the car stereo and off we went. It was naptime so I knew that little Abe would sleep the entire ride.

There's nothing that some good deep breaths, a nice long ride, (with the lowest gas prices we've had in years) some excellent worship music, and sights of nature out the windows won't cure... at least crazy out of wack emotions wise. We dropped a gift by someone, stopped at my moms to deliver a few slices of Christmas cheesecake, and drove to the lake to watch some enormous beautiful waves. I parked the car and let little Abe crawl up in the front seat with me to watch the waves. We rolled down the window for a bit to listen to their magnificent sounds as well. All in all, I'd say that will be a good Christmas memory. Oh, we went out back and blew bubbles for a bit too!

I put bubbles in his stocking.
We're used to very white Christmases around here.
But hey if there's no snow to play in bubbles must be the next best thing, right :)

6 comments:

  1. You may have created one of your most precious Christmas memories :) Have a Blessed Christmas season!

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    1. It was really nice :)
      He got to sit on my lap in the front seat to watch the waves and he felt it was a huge privileged to be in the front seat. It was so calm and peaceful and we both really enjoyed it.

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  2. So sorry to hear that your day did not turn out the way you expected. :(
    Our day ended up being nothing like we had planned either, but as you did, we just kind of 'went with it' and made the best of it that we could. For me the main thing was seeing my kids as they opened their gifts and spending time playing with them. Since I was able to do that, I feel that it all still worked out. Here's hoping that next year will be all that we hope it will be! :)
    Merry Christmas to you, your family and that precious little sweetie-pie of yours! :)

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    1. I honestly had a fabulous Christmas season but I did not expect Christmas day to be so down right frustrating. In the long run I think I made the most of it. I'm so glad you were able to too. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!
      I sure did have fun watching him open his gifts and play with is toys pretty much non stop :) He is SUCH a blessing!!!

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  3. I hope today has been OK - yesterday sounds to have been "challenging" to say the least. You rose to the challenge admirably though!!

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    1. Thank-you. Today was better. The decided to have the brunch today so I was a bit grouchy at the gathering but it was nice spending time with family and the stores were open so I was able to get food and my husband didn't sleep the entire day (like yesterday). Much better.

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