Christmas Holiday

Monday, December 19/16

So this year is the very first time in my working career that I'll be at a company that closes down between Christmas and New Years and lets everyone have the time off with pay.

The funny thing is that I have absolutely no plans for that week and feel like fate is sort of laughing at me because of that.......

Back in 2014 when C and I started dating she talked about maybe going somewhere but I was in the middle of a transition at work and didn't think I could get the time off and was a little nervous about taking a trip as we'd literally just started dating so it didn't happen until she put her foot down and said we were going on a holiday during March break in 2015.  One of the best weeks of my life!

Last year at the start of fall during one of my visits to her place she mentioned how she almost booked us a trip to Mexico over Christmas as a surprise but didn't as she wasn't sure if I'd be able to get the time off given I'd only been at that company since June.  Guess in hindsight it worked out well for her as things went off the rail the next month and one can only imagine how tough that trip might have been.......just kidding, we'd have had a blast as I'm a total party animal.....still kidding, she'd have been able to replace me without a hitch lol

So here I am this year and I'm actually able to take off and have nobody in my life I'd be willing to go away with.....if that's not case of Karma laughing her ass off at me I don't know what it

Now I can hear some of you giggling and that's ok.......I mean if I can't laugh at myself and these kinds of situations than I don't have any right to be blogging about things do I?

I start my holiday's this Friday as I booked it off in order to get some servicing done on the car and get Moki in for a wash and cut. The princess has to look her best for the family when they come over on Christmas morning. Both my son and I are really curious to see how she reacts to baby Jack. He thinks she's going to curl up next to him and be protective and I think she's going to be a little confused and either come sit next to me or go and see if she can get a snuggle out of my daughter. Whatever she ends up doing is bound to be cute and cause lots of laughs.

Since I'll be solo on Christmas Eve I'll be going to midnight mass at the parish down in Fallowfield as I love the old stone church and the amazing setup inside. When mass ends I'll head home and before retiring for the night I'll raise a drink and toast my family and friends before snuggling under the covers for a long winters nap.........

On Christmas day I know at some point I'll silently wish my mom a happy birthday and hope she is looking down to watch over her grandchildren and great grandson, maybe even that brat she raised as well.

The week will fly by faster than I'll expect and I'll not do as much as I originally hoped to do but that will be ok as long as I get some time with my family and a few moments to reflect on life.

Hopefully you'll be surrounded by family and friends as well.

Maybe one of you will be somewhere farther south on a beach and raise a drink in my honour :)

Marcus

Btw....I found the perfect gift for her and without even thinking bought it only to realize as I left the store that I wouldn't be seeing her to give her the gift......kind of funny how sometimes the heart just takes over and you act without even thinking...........looks like she'll be finding a box on her desk when she gets back to the office in the new year lol