My first Christmas tree

Today my day just seems like it is never going to end so.... i decided to focus on something positive instead of continuing to think about things that just make me... sad....

So this weekend i bought and assembled my first ever Christmas tree (yeah i didnt go for the real thing cuz 1) i aint got space for it; and 2) for environmental concerns)!!! This, for many years was a big thing around my house, the whole fam got together and looked through things for the Christmas tree, we usually put it up on the 1st or 8th of December and only took it down after January 6th... Those were the good old days... in recent years if the tree was put together on the 24th that's only because the Christmas that year was at our house...

Anyway... now that i have my own apartment the tree just regained a whole new meaning... i mean it's small and the lights are funky and it might not look good to most people but i had a blast working on it... going to the store and getting it, picking the ornaments, the lights, the bells that i thought were apart and that when i got home realized that were all together and couldnt be used as i thought... it was just... fun! And for those 2 or something hours i managed to not think about anything else (yes, not even in you) and just focus on this tree.
I know it's probably an exageration of the tree's importance but... that's what it is. Now my next project: Getting Christmas presents for everyone... hmmmm this will be a difficult task!

*side note*: i see a change in you but i'm afraid to ask, i dont know if i want to know the answer so soon, is it that your mind is elsewhere or that you just prefer it like that? You used to tell me everything and anything and now... i dont know.... maybe it's just me.

So, this weekend i'll figure some of the presents out (ideally i would buy them all but i dont think that this is a realistic thought!)... I do like this Christmas time thing, you just feel inclined to believe that everything is going to work out for the best for everyone.

Inspiration of the day: "Good things dont come to those who wait; they come to the people who go out and try to get them" sent to me by Facebook

Family.... Bare with me... It's Christmas Time

I have a crazy family, i've known that from the time when i was real small and talked to others that looked at me weird when i mentioned that we all saw each other (all 15 or more of us) every other weekend...

But it's cool to have a weird family! Granted, it can be intimidating to most outsiders (just ask the only boyfriend i ever introduced to them... yeah i learned with my mistakes!) but to me it just feels good to know that i can count on not 2 but more than 10 people to have opinions on every single thing i throw at them concerning my life. It's feels awesome to know that they just believe so much in me and my abilities... even when i might doubt them myself and it's just great to know that they dont mind, and might even like it a bit too much, to make a fool out of themselves to get a good laugh out of the older ones. In the modern times that we live in where most families are just the mom, dad and kids (and most times not even), mine has mothers, fathers, uncles, cousins, grandparents and others that just know your whole life and still love you no matter what!

But my family is also one to adapt to new things... where before we only had the phone to keep in touch, which made it harder to know the news of our people in the States, we now have moved on to the internet and created an email chain that everyday keeps us all closer and makes us be up to date with every single news from any of our family members... in Lisbon or in NYC.

And ever since Summer ended, my uncle started is snownews, which is basically our daily digest of all things Andorra or snow related... it's the funniest thing! He always send us a little something with a picture to remind us of what to look for. And today i wish i was here...

Inspiration of the day: "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt Disney