This morning my One Direction alarm woke me up stupid early. Well, I had set it to wake me up stupid early but it doesn’t make it less stupid or less early. After hitting snooze once (just once!) I got out of bed, went to the bathroom, read Teen Vogue (not even apologizing) and then put on cozier pajamas and got back in bed. Which is where I am now.
I could not come to terms with the fact that I was awake and the sun was not. And by sun, I just mean that the sky was still black because we haven’t really been seeing much sun over here.
Then I realized that next week – NEXT WEEK, PEOPLE – is December. Month 12. Of 2012.
You know what that means.
HOLIDAYS.
and you know what that means………..
The Salvation Army gets all busy. This past Saturday we had our Kettle Kick off, where our laughter kept our hearts warm (didn’t do much for my hands) and we played Christmas songs.
I’m excited to be a part of The Salvation Army this holiday season. I have the opportunity to help sign up families for Christmas assistance, we’re doing some cool stuff at our corps, there’s a camp Christmas concert that is now Facebook event official… and I am thankful to be in the storm of busyness.
After the Kettle Kick Off, I drove straight up to camp to deliver a birthday present. I wished I could stay longer (a feeling I experience everywhere I go) but Rhoda and I went to Seattle, picked up Emily and stayed at Shevaun’s house.
I got to paint something for Jordan’s birthday to support the Reardon’s adoption, and a trip to Seattle provided the opportunity for a bunch of us to get together in at a Starbucks in Lynnwood, laugh and share and (as always) leave too soon. But it was good to sit there with people I adore.
One of the biggest lies of the enemy is that I am unloved and without friends. I am thankful for preventative maintenance that comes in busy weekends where we have to say goodbye before we’d like to, where Rhoda decides to come along for a ride even without a change of clothes for the next day, and where I fall asleep exhausted with happiness.
