Merry Christmas! I was the first one awake and up this morning, bright and early as always, so it was nice and still and quiet, and I got to have hot water with my bath,too! I also luxuriated with an oil bead in my water and just relaxed and soaked for a long, long time. I just enjoyed the quiet, the silence, the peace, the serenity, until everyone else wakes up and then the chaos begins. Christmas reminds me of a wedding: all the work,expense, and stress of months of preparation, work and anticipation and then it's all over in one day.
Mass last night was packed; it was like flying Economy Class where we were all packed in tightly like sardines, touching shoulder to shoulder, barely even able to move, and even if someone did faint in the body heat they wouldn't fall down to the ground as the mass of humanity would hold them up as there was no room for them to fall down; the bodies on each side would hold them up. It was standing room only and many people were even standing at the back, the ones that came late and couldn't find seats. The first year we moved here we made that mistake but now I know and always arrive an hour early to get a seat. 45 minutes before it even started the church was already almost full. It was also a Home Alone situation almost with the 11 YR old last night for Church: he somehow got forgotten and left behind in the shuffle, chaos and rush to get out in time for Mass. I went to the early one as I'm up early and can't stay up late(there were 3 Masses last night) and the others went to a later one and as I was heading up to bed I saw him coming down and I'm surprised to see him and I'm like, Why are you here? Why aren't you at Church? and he goes, No one called me. They all left without me. Although that's NOT true; I called them hundreds of times to hurry up and get ready or they were going to be late, running late and last-minute as usual( Haul ass! Time for Mass!) and finally just shuffled out the door 5 minues before it started.
My family just drives me crazy.
Merry Christmas!
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