This is super embarrassing, but I need to make an apology. I use several affiliate programs to help monetise my blog. One in particular helps link keywords to related products on the web. I often check my stats to see what people have read or clicked on, and I discovered that somehow a link on this page was created to go to an adult film on Amazon. I am incredibly sorry and have contacted the affiliate network to figure out how to prevent that in the future. In the meantime, I have that feature turned off and all the links on my blog were created BY ME and will only go to products that I endorse and believe in.
Merry Christmas Eve!
This post was supposed to go live last week, for my office holiday party. But you know what? The last couple of weeks at work were kind of brutal with some final project bills, Kendall’s dad got sick, then I got sick (that last one was my own fault but still…). My work holiday party fell in there which meant our sister office in Canada came down so we had a full house. And one of my bankers left to transfer to London and I had to get her squared away.
A lot was going on and I swore after a crazy October and November that I would be kind to myself. The world was not going to end because I wasn’t posting 5 times a week.
This time of year comes with a lot of expectation. There’s so much to do and so much to see and so many events. We put these pressures on ourselves to do it all, whether or not we really want to. We sometimes forget to slow down and just enjoy the moments that really matter. I learned this lesson in a very tangible way this past weekend.
I am OBSESSED with Zoo Lights. I go every year at least once. This year, because of Kendall’s schedule and mine, we put it off until the Saturday before Christmas, but I still insisted on going. I didn’t really think too much of it because I’d always gone on a weeknight and later at night. Going the Saturday before Christmas at 6pm? NOT BRILLIANT. It was kind of crowded and miserable and never again. Middle of the week, late at night again next year or bust.
But after Kendall and I weaved and dodged our way out of the zoo, we decided to walk through one of the neighborhoods to catch an Uber more easily. We ended up walking much further than we intended, looking at homes decorated for the season and decided which houses we’d like to live in and how we’ll decorate our future homes. That was the best part of the night- our time alone, talking about the future in a dreamy, hopefully not-too-far-off way.
While we totally plan to go back to Zoo Lights next year on an off night, I think I just realized that the things we “have” to do are just not that important. This time of year, we should be focusing on the sweet little moments with our friends and family.
Today, Kendall and I will be heading to my parents’ for Christmas Eve dinner and the late Christmas Eve Mass at St. John’s Olney. We’ll have Christmas Day out there and do sushi and maybe a movie tomorrow night.
I’m just so incredibly happy going into 2019. I wish the same for all of you- may your days be merry & bright, and may you absolutely kill it in the new year.
photos by Catherine
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