Lights!

Automatic lights--cool. The construction guys blocking my driveway every damn day-- not cool. Snow--cool. Late rent checks--not cool. Starting my advent calender--beyond cool. Let's all do three years for December 1st. I am very excited about the Christmas season.
Monday we got our tree. I felt I was betraying my North Idaho heritage walking across the parking lot, picking out a tree, paying for it, and having them carry it to the truck. I didn't have to do any heavy lifting, let alone any sawing, which is always a dissapointment in my book. Now the tree's up, decorated and making the house smell pretty. And today we got snow! Lots of pretty snow. Granted, it was ruined by all the rain today...made slushy, which will of course turn to ice and be scary but for today it was nice. Clean. Fresh snow always tidies up a place.
And work. Yeah, I love going to my job every day. But I need to do this...I need to do this for me. I would love more responsibility and I love the respect I have and the job I do. But since I don't have that responsibility yet, I'm taking a vacation...I'm going home...and I'm staying for an extra long time! Bring on the holidays! Bring it on...cause I'm all fired up and ready to go!