I am excited about Christmas this year. I haven't been excited like this since I was much younger. The reasons for the excitement are different, though. This time I am excited by the first snowfall, by being in a warm home with a nug of mocha and Christmas music in the background. I am excited about packing up all of my things into boxes to move into a new home- my home- a home that I own. I am excited about my dad coming out for a visit, to help me with closing papers on the condo, to watch me play in a DuPage Symphony concert, to rejoice with me at the Christmas concerts and recitals of my little students. I am excited to go home to Buffalo again, the last Christmas that I will be a "Miss," the last Christmas that things will be this way, that family will be this way...
I am excited to see the face on my grandpa as he gives me a big hug and kiss and shouts, "how are ya, Sweetie?" I am excited to see my grandma as she walks up my aunt and uncle's driveway towards Christmas dinner, all bundled up in a huge coat, clinging to her "stick" (cane), and asking for about 5 hands of assistance. She's frail, she's old, she's forgetful, but my is she a trooper!
I am excited for Christmas eve. I am excited for Christmas day. I am excited for New Years... 2009... the biggest year of my life.
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