. . . and of course to spend Christmas with my loved ones. Though I can’t be with them all back in NY, I’m excited to celebrate with this handsome man in our new city.
Christmas Wish List
Who Wears Short …Hair?
- I have helped contribute to a good cause that helps kids who wish they had any hair. (This in and of itself makes it all worth it.)
- It’s a big change look-wise, and every so often, change is good.
- Shorter hair is easier to manage — it takes less time to dry and straighten, and requires the use of less hair products.
- During workouts, I don’t have a long ponytail of hair sticking to my sweaty back.
- It won’t get stuck in my coat zipper. Yes, this was a #longhairproblem last winter.
- It’s hair – hair grows back. And if I reallllly want it be longer, I can get extensions.
Exciting Wedding Updates
I’ve been a bad blogger lately… my apologies. (In blog news, I think I am making blog password protected from non-followers after the new year… just a heads up to any non-follower readers!)
But I’m back to update you all on exciting wedding news.
We have booked our venue and are pretty much set on our photographer,
videographer, whose highlight videos had me in {happy} tears,
and HONEYMOON!
We will be headed to Bora Bora and our hotel is already booked 🙂
Can you tell I am more excited than usual this Hump Day?
Keep the Holiday Cheer Alive
I just received my and Tim’s Christmas pajamas in the mail last night (yay for Christmas traditions!)! It got me thinking about the holidays, this whole distance thing and how this time of year reminds me very much that I am a milspouse. That’s because the holiday cheer is a tad less cheerful because my other half is thousands of miles away during my favorite time of year. It brings me back to early 2011…
When I was getting into a relationship with a military member and not knowing what it would feel like. I remember the lonely nights and the many tears. Then, I think back to late 2011 when he reported to Hawaii and I felt absolutely empty. I think back to his deployment in 2012 and how afraid I was of being apart for so long. The sadness of more missed celebrations together.
But I also think about all of our reunions. In bus depots and airports. In NYC, VA, Michigan, and Hawaii. The teary goodbyes soon followed by excited hellos. The first kisses and hugs. The tight squeezes and much-needed cuddles. The laughs – oh, we laugh so much together. The fact that we are engaged to be married . . . And that the distance is so close to being a thing of the past.
More than anything, though, this time of year reminds me that I have a special someone to celebrate with. It brings the wonderful memories of of 2011 when I was heading to Hawaii to ring in the new year with him. And memories of last year when Tim was getting ready to come home for the holidays following a deployment and how lucky we were to get to celebrate both Christmas and New Years together.
I think I get the most excited about our reunions around this time of year. All of the good most definitely outweighs the bad — and my cheery holiday love-filled heart smiles knowing so.
I find it’s important to keep the cheer alive and to keep everything in perspective.
And I am looking so forward to welcoming Tim home for the holidays this year — I am almost unable to contain my excitement!
ChocObsessed
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