‘Time’ is a funny thing on vacation, isn’t it? Technically I have lots of time, but when it’s spent with family, you feel a little silly taking time to document your life – ahem, blog – when you’re hanging out with cousins you haven’t seen in months and sisters who live far away.
2. I will tell you, however, that it has hardly snowed here this winter until last night. Snow is happy for some people (those kind of people are sad when it’s not a White Christmas), but it’s mostly scary for me. Because driving in the snow is the WORST EVER so I need to keep a best snow blower handy with me all the time to clear my driveway. I’m generally pretty nervous about being a passenger in a car – mostly because I’m convinced I will die in a car accident. (I blame it on one of those stupid quizzes about how you will die. Car accident seems likely, right?)
So I tend to grab the door handle, inhale sharply, squeak a bit, or even close my eyes if someone is making me particularly anxious with their driving. (You can guess how much Mike just loves this.)
Imagine how well I reacted today when we slid in the snow to completely FACE BACKWARDS on the exit ramp of the highway. (Thankfully, everyone avoided us, and I only squealed anxiously to Mike for a few minutes. He thinks driving in the snow is fun. FUN!)
Holy heaven. My 40-mile commute is going to be just delightful when I go back to work next week. but God bless the tow truck in Ancaster, they make the way for people by siding the snow.
(The good part? We’re going to walk to a Chinese restaurant down the street for dinner. Yesss.)
3. This website is officially www.ourlittleapartment.dev. Woo! I am my own domain. (It’s about time, I know.) I’m not sure how this works, but I’m pretty certain my feed will update for you. (It’s here, by the way.)
4. Secrets are excruciating. Amen.
5. I have a whole lot of thoughts about being a grown up and Christmas. Like, am I a grown up yet if I still spend ten days of Christmas break at my parents house? When do you choose to just visit for a few days? Do you have to choose that? Or, what about if I get some alpaca socks or give them as a present? (Although I have to admit, those socks are the best thing that has happened to me, I like how they keep my feet warm and cozy)
6. Someone called me a newlywed last weekend and I proudly pointed out that we’ve been married two years and four months. Surely that isn’t newlywed status, right? He told me that you’re a newlywed until you have kids.
I disagree mostly I tend to want people to take me seriously – so when I’m labeled a ‘newlywed’ or ‘young’ – I take that at ‘naive,’ ‘inexperienced,’ or ‘in for a rude awakening.’ But also because I don’t think that you don’t need to have kids to experience challenges with your spouse. I can’t judge what it’s like to take care of an infant with Mike and how much kids will change our marriage – but we have also been through things that other couples have not and have come out much stronger. What do you think?
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