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I'm feeling (20)22

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Yes, yes, I bought into the whole "feeling 22 thing". It's catchy, and this seems to be the only time in my life that I'll be able to sing that about a year. :)

We had a wonderful time at our friends for New Years Eve. There were quite a few people there, which was weird. No, the people weren't weird, they were lovely. But it was really weird being around people for an extended amount of time. Since Ava and G are in school and Scott works out of the home five days/week, it's just me who is never around people. I mean, we have Teams meetings all of the time, but it's not the same as having to interact with a real, live person in 3D. Weird!

But, it was fun! Scott managed to stay awake until 12:03pm, and then off to bed he went. I stayed up with Darren, Tiff, and their youngest daughter until 2:45am, and when I went to bed, I checked on G. He was laying down, but still wide awake, watching a move. As for Ava...I think she might have been up until 4am or so? In any case, we were all sleepy the next day. G took a 2-ish hour nap that afternoon, and still managed to sleep 12 hours the next night.

I love the drive to Hayfield...the winter sunsets are so pretty


The kids loved the sparking grape juice...they went through at least three bottle of it!



And then we all scattered and went back to work and school and activities. Ava and G had taekwondo (no new stripes earned this week), and Ava started up the second session of her Art Club, and THEN she went to Culver's and dinner with some friends and some HIGH SCHOOL kids. WHAT? Not possible that she's old enough to know people in high school. Nope!

Ava's also prepping for an upcoming band concert, which means a few 6:30am rehearsal times at the school during the week, plus she has the high school marching band auditions this coming week. Send some good musical vibes her way on Wednesday afternoon around 3pm!

I'm taking down the Christmas tree this weekend, which means our living room will look sad and bare, and not nearly as hygge as it has in the last month. I'm considering investing in some warm white fairy lights to decorate the potted palm in the corner, so we can still get some of that cozy glow that tree lights offer.

G made one resolution for the year, and it was to read more/better. He's already a pretty good reader, so I'm not sure what he's shooting for, but I encourage it! I think the rest of us are just taking it one day at a time, and enjoying the time we have with family and friends.

Do you have any resolutions for this year? What are they?

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