What Day is It?

It can't really be Christmas Eve already. It can't. I know the calendar says 24th, but I just don't buy it. The year has gone by way too quickly and we just don't feel that "holiday season" feeling you are supposed to get around this time of the year. Is this part of growing old and losing that Christmas magic or is it just an off year? We've been so busy taking care of the day to day family needs that perhaps we just haven't had time to otherwise greet December properly. Add my Night Shift schedule to the mix and you have a recipe for craziness with no room for prepatory cheer leading up to the big day.

I can only hope to drown my lack of Christmas cheer in some sparkling cider and cool new toys. =)

On a positive note, we did have a lot of fun with Auntie and all the Happy Family. Since there is no snow around, we decided instead to go sand-sledding at the beach. I would frankly prefer coming home wet to sandy, but it was a lot of fun and we are thinking it should become a family tradition.