Well another Holiday season has come and gone. Usually a season I look forward too and enjoy, but this year was a little different for me. In the midst of a few changes in my life, getting a new job was among them. I was hired on as a Seasonal Associate at Urban Outftters. Now I love this job, working at UO is perfect. I'm hoping that this is the gateway job that can help lead me to my dream of working in the main offices for Free People. This was a shining beacon of hope for me. So anyways, new job, so I wasn't able to take time off from Christmas so this meant spending my first Christmas away from my family. My first Christmas not surrounded by all my Mom's decorations, the tree with the ornaments from my childhood, my puppies, a Christmas I was not emotionally equipped for.
The first weeks leading up towards it were fine. I decorated, listened to Christmas music basically 24/7, busted out my reindeer sweater, went to Winterhaven (the only Christmas-y thing to do in Tucson), but as Christmas drew nearer, I grew sadder. One evening when Leland was making dinner and we had ol' Bing singing about his dreaming and white Christmas, I burst into tears. When I was wrapping up my parents presents, I burst into tears. I was a blubbering mess. When Chirstmas Eve rolled around and we were watching Elf, I just couldn't get into it, I felt so lethargic, and homesick.
Christmas morning. I'm sad, but I look over and Leland is smiling at me from ear to ear. "It's Christmas!!!!" He yells, "Lets get up!" So he springs out of bed, makes a pot of coffee, and heats up the oven for us to make Orange Rolls, a Robertson tradition since I can remember. We put on music and the Home Fireplace show on Netflix. From there it just got better. Leland's mom came over, gifts, stockings, dinner, the whole shebang! My parents called and Leland and I spoke to them on speakerphone, and I didn't feel sad at all.
I am so grateful for Leland. Not only is he the love of my life, but he is my rock. He cheers me up when I'm sad, supports me in what I do, loves me unconditionally, I honestly don't know what I would do without him. So all in all, it was a pretty great Christmas, thanks to my second family, The Boeman's.
Cheers,
