An intentional holiday season

I’m going to try and focus really hard on being intentional with my time this holiday season. I have two days off this week and I want to ENJOY them and RELAX with my family. I do not want to be GO, GO, GO as so often is my nature. I want to soak it all in and relish every moment with my people who I love so much. We all get way too caught up in the hustle and bustle of life and sometimes the best moments are those that happen when you least expect it and that’s what I’m counting on this Thanksgiving.

We are going to host Mikey’s dad, step mom, mom, brother and girlfriend Wednesday night at our house. There’s no need for me to stress about anything…Mikey will be home all day Wednesday and can cook and clean the house….I want to come home from work and enjoy the night with the family. Thursday morning, my best friend who lives in CALIFORNIA is going to come by for a little bit so we can meet each other’s babes and catch up, I cannot wait. This will probably be done in our jammies and with a fire going while we watch the Macy’s day parade. Sounds like heaven to me. We will head to my parents’ house Thursday around lunch and I don’t intend to do another thing for the rest of the day except EAT, REALAX and enjoy spending time with my family.

The verdict is still out on Friday. My mom and I usually go shopping; not because we enjoy the crazy EARLY hours but because we just enjoy shopping and it gets us in the spirit. We don’t go early, we just go. I’m just not sure this year. I want to enjoy the days, I don’t want Sunday night to roll around and feel like the past four days flew by. There is nothing that I have to rush out and buy on Friday. I want to decorate, go as a family to pick out our tree, and chill. Whether or not a little shopping comes into play will totally depend on how the days go.

We do have our annual friendsgiving on Sunday evening and I am super excited about that. It’s also rivalry weekend in our little corner of college football, but we have a noon game on Saturday. How awful is that!? I don’t want to ruin my whole day…so we aren’t really sure what the plan is for then either. In all honesty, I may just be fine staying home and watching the game in my pajamas while I decorate the tree. Again, to be decided.

Whatever we end up doing or not doing, I just want to enjoy it. I want to enjoy the family time, the extra days off and extra snuggles I’ll get with my babies. I don’t want to feel rushed or like I HAVE to do anything. I want to ENJOY this season of thanks because goodness gracious do I have a lot to be thankful for.

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