Day 66

2/3 of the way through my writing challenge today. I feel like I am in a good place. I had a wonderful weekend with friends that have become family. I have one day of work tomorrow then a week off with Anne and our families, and finally time to frantically shop and wrap presents and feel a bit more Christmasy. I am watching the Sound of Music (orig, thank god) and reminded of all the Christmases of my youth when I'd watch in the soft glow of the tree lights until the nazis came and my mom turned it off and told me to go to bed. I wonder what new traditions and memories will come to pass when I look back on this time with Anne, once we have a family, when I am me but a better version of me because I will be older and wiser and more experienced. Will I bake cookies or send cards or sing songs or just sit in my pajamas with my loved ones watching Julie Andrews sing?