This was a strange New Year's Eve for us. We were supposed to go skiing for a few days, but, as you might know, the weather has been so warm, there is no snow. So we cancelled that trip. Then we talked about going on some different trips, but no one really wanted to go too far from home. As it turned out, Chris called me at 2 on New Year's Eve, and said that he wanted to go to the beach for the night. In Ocean City, they have all kinds of family-friendly activities on the boardwalk, and they have fireworks at midnight. We quickly packed up the three youngest, and they took off at 5.
I stayed home with Anna and Jack, who both had plans, because I didn't want them staying by themselves. That makes it the first time in 21 years that Chris and I haven't been together for New Year's Eve....it was weird not all being together. Our older children have done things apart from us at times, but this was the first time Chris and I weren't together. After Anna and Jack left to go to their parties, I got into bed...at 8:30 pm! It was actually great.
I think I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up when Matthew called me at around 10, to see what I was doing. Then Anna called. Then Chris called. Then Anna came home, then I waited for Jack to come home, which was very late. So I was up for about 5 hours, after I had already fallen asleep. It really messed me up, but I got to sleep in late next morning (for me--9 am!).
Chris came home with Timmy, Matthew, and Lily around 5 the next day, so we finished watching the Mummers' Day Parade, which is also something Chris loves to do, so it was weird we didn't do it together this year. Anyway, it was a weird New Year's for us.
I hope next year, we can all be somewhere together, hopefully in a warm climate (I hate the cold weather here in January-March...I can't wait to move to a warmer climate...) I hate to say this, but I am really seeing how quickly they are starting to leave for college, and having all of us together is really great. I never took having us all together for granted when they were little, but I really appreciate it now. I can remember when it was at its most chaotic around here, and children would be screaming and crying, and Chris would say something about it being crazy and chaotic, and I would always say "be thankful for that chaos, because we will miss it when they are gone." It always made us appreciate them being whatever age they were...because they were all growing up so fast.
I don't do well in January. The cold weather is terrible, and it makes me sad--I really just hibernate. I never want to go out at night. I can usually do well during the day, but I just want to stay home once the sun goes down. So I imagine I will do very little this January, and only slightly more in February, but have a Happy New Year!!
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