12/21/23

12/21/23

Writing this one in the morning so not a lot of todays activities will be recorded. Last night I completed my cookie boxes! I love baking, but unfortunately I'm not that social, so I just made four for my coworkers and two for my partner to take to work. I made some homemade peanut butter cookies (intended to be peanut butter blossoms but I didn't have enough Hershey kisses), cranberry/apricot/walnut biscotti dipped in dark chocolate, yules logs filled with biscoff cookies, cranberry, and walnuts, and some ginger snaps! I also made some chocolate popcorn (something my mom always made around the holidays) but it wouldn't fit in the boxes so I bagged them and taped them to the lids. I was able to hand them to two of my coworkers; one will be coming in later and the other will not be in today, but I can hand it over tomorrow.

This weekend/Christmas holiday I will be meeting my partner's paternal side of the family for the first time! I'm very excited to meet them. I've met the maternal side a couple times and they're so much fun! On the other hand, this will be my first Christmas away from my own family. Thankfully my dad has a partner he can spend the holiday with, but we will both be sad to be apart from one another. I will have to visit him next month when I can.

Since I've got a long trip ahead from Christmas Day, it'll give me a chance to put a big dent through the book I'm currently reading, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. I'm just over half way through and after flipping through the rest of the book, it looks like it'll be an easy read to completion.

Lots of things to do! I might not be active the next few days (as stated in my blog announcements), so take care of yourselves!

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Victorian Christmas at Tyntesfield 🎄

if i don't romanticize it, it will kill me

I don't interact with a lot of people now, I have a small circle of good friends, my family and my books. Less people in your life means less drama; drama that disturbs you and give you unnecessary anxiety and worries. Invest yourself emotionally where you are loved. No need to fit in as it will ruin your life. Focus on improving yourself, and you will meet your kind of people. Life settles down and eventually becomes better when we start to connect with ourselves.

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