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[bdub]

Christmas was good. There were some awkward moments and some sad times but I think I had done a good job preparing for it.
Being alone on christmas eve stunk, I can't lie about that. I held it together until I got home and then I let it out and "sat with it" for a while. It was a brief but intense moment of sadness. I quickly realized I was feeling sorry for myself. I focused on how blessed I am and how lucky I am in life. I found lots of things to do and even slept in a little on christmas morning. The boys were very happy to be back in the afternoon and we even managed to smuggle a cousin away from my brother and kept him overnight. I am getting too old to play basketball for 2 hours against 2 10 year olds and a 13 year old that is taller and tougher than me.

Today is back to the grind. Work for me and basketball practice for both boys. I have a few days off next week. One for me with no boys and one with boys. I have no idea what I am doing on my day off alone and I am completely ok with that.