It is Christmas Eve day and as usual,
I have procrastinated until the last minute.
I have procrastinated until the last minute.
We should already be at my cousin's house in the midst of roasting a pig that started early this morning . . . or maybe last night. I haven't even made the fudge yet!! Why do I do this? Me very bad with the procrastination thing. It drives The Captain crazy!
Well, as tradition goes in my family . . . my cousin Chris and his wife Tina host a fabulous Christmas Eve Party that starts early in the morning and continues well into Christmas morning. It is not unusual for them to throw down the blankets in the living room and have a slumber party for those who partied way too much and have no business driving home. Although I have been tamed through the years, I come from a family of drinkers. We are an ethnic mix of Italian and Cuban, a wild combination! The Captain will experience his first holiday gathering with that part of my family . . . his wildness will fit right in.
Christmas Day will be spent at my brother's house with his family, my sister-in-law's family, my mom and her boyfriend. It is a much smaller crowd! My mom is making her famous lasagna and flan cake . . . yummy!!
This Christmas is very special for me since it is the first one that The Captain and I are spending together. Last year we spent the holiday with a bluetooth stuck to our ears. I'm so grateful that we found each other through the miracle of technology and Twitter.
Imagine a chance meeting and conversations of 120 characters or less turning into a lifetime relationship. It still amazes me how God works his miracles . . . I prayed for a partner although I never did the things that normal single people do to meet other singles. Although I was using Twitter as a jumping off point to start my social life locally, searching for local political affiliations and groups to join, I ended up finding a crazy pirate from North Carolina living in Montana on a political related Friday Follow.
I ended up not joining any local political groups
and did not participate in local socializing.
and did not participate in local socializing.
It was a long and ponderous process from there to here
. . . but we are here now and we couldn't be happier.
