December 24
Dec. 24th, 2024 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Mild weather again today.
I got some good sleep.
I did speak with Trainwreck, and she was feeling pretty down about everything, but I reminded her that being alone was a choice, that her kids would visit her if she wanted them to do so. I also reminded her that many people have a tough time at Christmas, that she's not special because she's had loss at this time of year.
This year our Aunt E will be going through some very tough changes, as her husband, our Uncle M, is in the same care home as Mom. She will be in their house alone a lot, and will be visiting him at the care home. This might be HER last Christmas in their home too.
So, I was saying to Trainwreck, that in spite of everything, our Aunt will likely be trying to make the best of things, will likely still have some decorations put up, will likely still be baking, and will likely still be seeing her kids.
I don't know if that helped, but sometimes I think she needs to remember that the holidays are hard for a lot of people, and sometimes you just have to TRY to find something to be grateful for. Some way to find meaning.
We did our chores and such, and went to see River.
He did VERY well on our groundwork today, and then some $#%^&&* idiots out there were having fireworks. River didn't spook, but he couldn't focus at all on our work, even though the fireworks were fairly distant. So, I did a bit of practicing the yields under saddle, but he was so distracted that I figured there wasn't much point in forcing him to try.
Who has fireworks for Christmas?
We came home and I kind of...made a point of asking my Sweetie to do some work on the floor in the bedroom, since he didn't do any work on it earlier in the day.
He did work on it for an hour or so, which isn't much but it's something I guess.
I made supper, (and talked with Trainwreck again, and it was fine. Just chatting for the sake of chatting) and tried to make it a "nice" supper, and used a nice table cloth and nice dishes and so on, and we listened to Christmas music.
We played an interesting board game we got LAST winter and didn't even open, and it was actually pretty fun.
Then we decorated the two trees (one big, one little) and they look very festive.
I felt like we were making the choice to be festive, I know I CHOSE to make more of a festive evening out of it, even though I very easily could have not bothered and saved it for tomorrow. I just WANT to enjoy the nice things that we have, the nice home and the fact that we're together.
I'm actually very grateful that my body felt good today, that I got sleep, that we have our animals, that I have River boarded at a nice place with good people running it, that we have each other and lots of food and so on.
Merry Christmas Eve!
Mild weather again today.
I got some good sleep.
I did speak with Trainwreck, and she was feeling pretty down about everything, but I reminded her that being alone was a choice, that her kids would visit her if she wanted them to do so. I also reminded her that many people have a tough time at Christmas, that she's not special because she's had loss at this time of year.
This year our Aunt E will be going through some very tough changes, as her husband, our Uncle M, is in the same care home as Mom. She will be in their house alone a lot, and will be visiting him at the care home. This might be HER last Christmas in their home too.
So, I was saying to Trainwreck, that in spite of everything, our Aunt will likely be trying to make the best of things, will likely still have some decorations put up, will likely still be baking, and will likely still be seeing her kids.
I don't know if that helped, but sometimes I think she needs to remember that the holidays are hard for a lot of people, and sometimes you just have to TRY to find something to be grateful for. Some way to find meaning.
We did our chores and such, and went to see River.
He did VERY well on our groundwork today, and then some $#%^&&* idiots out there were having fireworks. River didn't spook, but he couldn't focus at all on our work, even though the fireworks were fairly distant. So, I did a bit of practicing the yields under saddle, but he was so distracted that I figured there wasn't much point in forcing him to try.
Who has fireworks for Christmas?
We came home and I kind of...made a point of asking my Sweetie to do some work on the floor in the bedroom, since he didn't do any work on it earlier in the day.
He did work on it for an hour or so, which isn't much but it's something I guess.
I made supper, (and talked with Trainwreck again, and it was fine. Just chatting for the sake of chatting) and tried to make it a "nice" supper, and used a nice table cloth and nice dishes and so on, and we listened to Christmas music.
We played an interesting board game we got LAST winter and didn't even open, and it was actually pretty fun.
Then we decorated the two trees (one big, one little) and they look very festive.
I felt like we were making the choice to be festive, I know I CHOSE to make more of a festive evening out of it, even though I very easily could have not bothered and saved it for tomorrow. I just WANT to enjoy the nice things that we have, the nice home and the fact that we're together.
I'm actually very grateful that my body felt good today, that I got sleep, that we have our animals, that I have River boarded at a nice place with good people running it, that we have each other and lots of food and so on.
Merry Christmas Eve!
