Heather and I did Christmas together this year. The first of what I expect will be every Christmas going forward together.
It started off kind of rushed as Heather had to work Christmas eve, managing to get off work around 2:00pm. I got off about noon, leaving me roughly two hours to finish my Christmas shopping. That part of my day was somewhat complicated by the fact that I forgot my wallet at home, so I couldn’t stop anywhere and grab something on the way home.
I managed to procure a fancy ice scraper for Heather and get it wrapped before she got home. Once she got to the apartment, we both had to hurry and get everything packed up and get out the door as we were hoping to make it in time to go to the Christmas eve church service with my grandparents. Somewhere in there, we decided to drive my Escape instead of the Civic, mostly because it would be better in bad weather conditions if we got surprised. Heather and pack differently, but we managed to get everything loaded and be on the road exactly when we had planned to, and without getting into a fight 🙂
Approximately three hours later we arrived in Kearney with just enough time to eat and change clothes before church. Somewhere along here is really the first time I think I internalized the fact that it really was Christmas eve. Once we got to Church I had the rather embarrassing realization that I really don’t know the standard Christmas carols all that well. In theory I know all the verses, but basically every one was the same process:
- I think “I don’t even need to look at the words for this one”
- Half way through Verse two I can’t remember any of the words
- Verse three hits and I realize I didn’t even know it existed
Mix in the fact that I have a hard time reading a hymnal someone else is holding and you end up with kind of a jarring experience.
Excepting Musical follies, it was a really nice way to kick off Christmas, followed up with spending a little time with extended family before bed.
-Jordan
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