Christmas
oh! in the spirit of tying up loose ends, heres a post i havent published.
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Jon and I had a lovely time in Wisconsin this year. We arrived to the comforts of a rainy Christmas, which eventually turned into more wisconsiny blizzard-like conditions. boy, have o forgotten how to dress for and behave in the snow!
Ashley’s learning how to drive this year, so it was kind of neat talking to her about how snowbanks are more similar to car-wrecking-mounds-of-terror than fluffy-pillows-of-happiness that your car will just bounce off of.
After an afternoon flight, Christmas eve was spent at the Eggers house, and then the grimord-side went out for sushi on Christmas day. While different, both events were really nice. After sushi, my mom/sister came over to the Eggers for some co-family games. I think the co-family time was my favourite part of the weekend.
One of the most challenging parts of a new marriage is working on finding new traditions that work for everyone. Holidays seem to be the most difficult because there’s just such a limited time to work with. I was talking to a coworker (who’s family also lives in the same ‘hood as his inlaws) about that recently, and he said it took them about ten years before no ones feathers were ruffled over timeshare. there’s just not enough time in a weekend and not enough vacation days in a year.
I just realized that I didn’t take nearly as many pictures as I thought I did. I’m so much more comfortable taking pictures of THINGS rather than people.
all in all, we ate a lot of tasty food and were able to visit with more people than I thought would be possible.
more later!