Christmas! And I'm surrounded by friends...
Christmas day has come and gone, and I have time now to write a bit and reflect on the last few weeks and days of this holiday season. As some of you may know, my parents went to France for Christmas to be with my grandmother who lives there, and I decided to stay home (I looked into the tickets too late and it was too expensive...and anyway, I didn't feel like going, Paris is depressing in the winter time.)
Anyway, it was a pretty strange idea thinking that I would be spending Christmas at home alone...However, I didn't realize that my sister and her husband would be at home also, since I thought they were going to be at the in-laws place. As well, a friend of mine whom I will call Climbing Elitist (CE), invited me to his place for Christmas Eve dinner with his family (they even made me a stocking with gifts in it, which was totally unexpected but incredibly nice. I got a Leffe beer and an actual Leffe glass to go with it. I enjoyed them ice cold earlier today!), and another friend called Naked Man (NM...this nickname may sound weird, but it's because he climbs ONLY without his shirt on and has gained that name among the ladies at the gym) invited me for Christmas Dinner. Finally, I've also been invited to another friend's place for Boxing Day dinner!
In the last few weeks I realized I've really got a lot to be thankful for: a good family and home, friends that are as close as family, a nice fun social life, great hobbies and time to participate in them, relaxing work that gives me a lot of (or maybe too much) freedom, and a new girl in my life that I really like. From being fairly miserable in November things have gotten much better.
A while back I posted about the expression 'Everything happens for a reason' and I'm having to rethink my view a little bit after some discussion with a good friend. It is a bit confusing! After bad things happen to people, often you meet people and do things that you otherwise would not have. For example, if my ex had not broken up with me I would not have gotten into blogging and met the friend above, or gone swing dancing and met the new girl I'm 'seeing' (don't think I can call her a gf yet...when does that even happen? that's a topic for another time). It is hard for me to admit after that post that things happen for a reason, and I still think that "when bad/sad things happen to people, they do what they can to improve the situation," which is what I said to my friend. In my case, my ex broke up with me and I was miserable for a month, and so I got back into things that I enjoyed a lot. Eventually good things happened! So I still stand by my conclusion that things don't really happen for some pre-destined reason, but rather that because things happen we do stuff to improve our lives and sometimes it works.
Having said this, I wonder if I can say that if I were still involved with someone long distance would I be as happy as I am now. And if things really work out with ___ in the long term, maybe then I will change my mind about the whole thing.
Anyway, from looking like a boring Christmas at home, it turned into a very nice one surrounded by friends and family.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
GS
Anyway, it was a pretty strange idea thinking that I would be spending Christmas at home alone...However, I didn't realize that my sister and her husband would be at home also, since I thought they were going to be at the in-laws place. As well, a friend of mine whom I will call Climbing Elitist (CE), invited me to his place for Christmas Eve dinner with his family (they even made me a stocking with gifts in it, which was totally unexpected but incredibly nice. I got a Leffe beer and an actual Leffe glass to go with it. I enjoyed them ice cold earlier today!), and another friend called Naked Man (NM...this nickname may sound weird, but it's because he climbs ONLY without his shirt on and has gained that name among the ladies at the gym) invited me for Christmas Dinner. Finally, I've also been invited to another friend's place for Boxing Day dinner!
In the last few weeks I realized I've really got a lot to be thankful for: a good family and home, friends that are as close as family, a nice fun social life, great hobbies and time to participate in them, relaxing work that gives me a lot of (or maybe too much) freedom, and a new girl in my life that I really like. From being fairly miserable in November things have gotten much better.
A while back I posted about the expression 'Everything happens for a reason' and I'm having to rethink my view a little bit after some discussion with a good friend. It is a bit confusing! After bad things happen to people, often you meet people and do things that you otherwise would not have. For example, if my ex had not broken up with me I would not have gotten into blogging and met the friend above, or gone swing dancing and met the new girl I'm 'seeing' (don't think I can call her a gf yet...when does that even happen? that's a topic for another time). It is hard for me to admit after that post that things happen for a reason, and I still think that "when bad/sad things happen to people, they do what they can to improve the situation," which is what I said to my friend. In my case, my ex broke up with me and I was miserable for a month, and so I got back into things that I enjoyed a lot. Eventually good things happened! So I still stand by my conclusion that things don't really happen for some pre-destined reason, but rather that because things happen we do stuff to improve our lives and sometimes it works.
Having said this, I wonder if I can say that if I were still involved with someone long distance would I be as happy as I am now. And if things really work out with ___ in the long term, maybe then I will change my mind about the whole thing.
Anyway, from looking like a boring Christmas at home, it turned into a very nice one surrounded by friends and family.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
GS
posted by a bike rider in the big smoke at 11:20 p.m.
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