The last week and a half have been a whirlwind. Usually that's not the case when the kids are home all day, day after day, but this time it went fast. We had a great, but really short, visit with my family in Michigan for Christmas, but the kids made the best of it. They had such a fabulous time with their aunts and uncles and grandparents and, most of all, cousins that I was again remiss that we don't see family more often.
We got home around 8p on Christmas Eve and then had a nice pajama filled, relaxing Christmas Day. We finished opening presents by about 1p, and then Charlie and I spend the rest of the day and the entire next day trying to get the house back to where it was before the present-opening began. We had the traditional Jewish meal of Chinese food for Christmas dinner and then all crashed kind of early.
On Wednesday night, April and Refet and their little boy, Riza, arrived. They pretty much bought their tickets to come visit as soon as they heard we were moving here and we were so excited to have them. Our first non-family visitors. We did a lot of eating, but not as much as the last time April and Riza visited us in Texas (I think I gained about 10 pounds that week) and a lot of sitting around, which was pretty much fine with me. Overall the kids were good and got along, but it did help that they got new electronics for Christmas and we didn't put many limits on how much they played. That will have to change once school starts, but I still have six days before they have to go back.
Last night we had a lame little New Year's party for the four adults and three kids (Amanda gave up and went to bed before 9p, smart girl). We started with an amazing steak dinner, but in our normal fashion didn't do anything too rousing after that. I hope April and Refet still enjoyed themselves, I'm sure they party much differently when celebrating in New Jersey. Plus, we found by watching the ball drop on tape delay that New Year's Eve really does revolve around New York City in this country which was humorous and depressing all at the same time.
As for resolutions, I don't really make them. I'm a believer that if you want to change something about yourself you do it right away, you don't wait until January 1st. You're just setting yourself up for a fall or for more procrastination if you wait. However, as April made me think, the end of the year is a good time for reflection, to make sure you are where you want to be and are doing the things you want to be doing.
So in that mind set, I do have some things I want to accomplish this year. I want to spend less time on the computer and more time with my kids. I want to continue my exercise plan and training for my next half-marathon, but pick it up a little with some additional cross-training. I doubt that I will ever love running, but I want to try a little harder to see if I can at least do a 5k. I want to try to see family more and spend time with those I love and I don't want to worry about the rest. I want to eat better without dieting or starving myself while at the same time truly enjoying what I eat. Most of all, I want to spend time with my husband and enjoy where we are right now and not worry about where we're going to be in the future, physically or mentally. Just cherish the here and now.
2012 was kind of a shitty year, so I'm hoping things start to look up in 2013. As the countdown to summer begins, and I have a feeling it will come much quicker that I think, I wish you a happy and healthy 2013 and all it has to bring.
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