- thanks to my wonderful time management skills, 9 fortunate souls (excluding famliy members) got their cards hand-delivered before this very day. as for the rest of my world, you all will be receiving through good old snail mail. late.
3 hours, 31 cards, a semi deformed right hand later, i realised that i have 40% more to go.
but it is more than that.
it's about meeting up at a friend's place and eating nonstop. it's about having to fix up the tv so that we can watch vcd with both sounds and images. it's about being glued to love actually. it's about trying to figure out how to do gift exchange when one bought something for everyone. it's about waiting for all to turn up. it's about the crazy photo whoring session. it's about forcing everyone to have at least a bite of the log cake. it's about saying goodbye knowing that the friendships never change. it's about trying to keep each other awake. it's about discussing the future. it's about being happy and proud for those who are doing well and truly understanding those who are doing not so well. it's about talking until we fall asleep. it's about sleeping for 10 whole hours in a sleepover :p it's about waking up in a mess but not really having to care. it's about planning for our next gathering before the current one is over.
it's about receiving season's greetings from my ex-bosses one after another. it's about going home to parents who trust me to go home evntually. it's about having unfinishable food with relatives. it's about noisy household which probably disturbed the whole neighbourhood. it's about riding home with dad and knowing that i'll always be his little girl. it's about realising that missed romantic opportunities remained very close friends which i will keep for life. it's about the backtoback watching of tv. it's about having to tune the volume up cos parents are enjoying their tv in another room. it's about knowing nothing in my house will change. it's about walking up and down the buffet line so that grandparents can have their food brought to them. it's about being semi-embarrassed regarding all the noise famly is making but decided to enjoiy and not give a damn.
it's about remembering all the people who have been part of my life, who are still part of my life; all of whom i hold very near to my heart. it's about counting the haves and blessings and giving some of them away.
merry christmas.
jacq | 11:01:00 PM
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