26 December 2003

It seems like just last week that I was in the mall and said to someone, "I can't believe that they already have the Christmas decorations out, its not even Halloween yet."
Another Christmas passed, another Christmas without a real tree. It has been 9 years since my family had a real Christmas tree. This year we had a fake white tree with lights on the back deck. While we didn't decorate it or put our gifts under it, it was still better than no tree at all, and it made the holiday seem more like Christmas. This Christmas was different for a lot of reasons, we stayed in Raleigh, which we also did last year, but this year was different. It almost didn't even seem like Christmas. Just me, Mom and Dad. The family is shrinking, no coconut cake and big family dinner. I guess sometimes things just change, whether we like it or not. That's life, and that's the way it is. Old traditions are good, but sometimes its also good to start new traditions. But you know what I really miss... the Christmas carols, not a single group came by the house this year to sing, and I certainly did not go out caroling. But tomorrow its off to Boonville (the town of nothing to do) to visit some family, and maybe I'll get to go snowboarding. I can't wait to shred, snowboarding class is going to be awesome. Speaking of snowboarding and Christmas, Amped 2 is pretty dang cool.
Anyway, I hope this Christmas season was Merry for all.

Any ideas for new years??????? LET ME KNOW, HIT ME UP, all ideas welcome!