Day: December 23, 2019

Twas the day before the day before xmas and all through the house
Stuff was not handled, leaving me to feel like a louse.

Well maybe not that bad, but still sort of sad
To be a bit off of Christmas could make one mad.

The holiday cheer has settled all around
In the early morning the frost sits light on the ground.

This has been quite different for me this xmas year,
It feels like a new family is finally here.

We are all together and feel like as one
We’ve become a family in love and in fun.

This isn’t the first year that we’ve all been together
Though it is the first time it feels like forever.

So, I made a short rhyme in commemoration
Of the moment this group becomes Talislegger Nation.

So from this day forward I’ll mark it as such
Talislegger Nation, hope that’s not too much.

Some Thoughts:

1. Silly, but fun. I wanted to kick things off with a new tradition. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

This is a good year and it is leading into another. I’ve had a good year with my partner and a good year personally in terms of growth and progress in my career. Production is low, but that is a story for the coming year. I expect to be better. No, this is not the resolutions blog. That comes later. Still I am thinking about change and growth and all of those things that makes each holiday season special. Just last year I was scrambling to figure out how to pose the Elf on the Shelf and worrying over if my kid was too old to believe in such things (answer: yes, though I wanted to believe in Santa till I was 10). Now I’m doing a makeover for the boys that reflects how much older they’ve gotten and approaches those needs in a way that looks good and creates a sense of cool about their space.

Most importantly, I am thinking about my future with my partner and falling into the idea of the things we can do beyond just taking care of our swath of children.

It is a good year and I am happy and grateful for it. Even the negative that befalls me serves as a reminder of the things that matter and what makes them matter. That is really the story of Xmas for me–having time with family to just ‘be’

Some Thoughts:

1. Moving to the championship for Fantasy. There were 8 and now there are 2. There can be only one.
2. Still have gifts to wrap. Geez…