Decorated
I am not very much inclined to decorate xmas trees in general and this holiday season has not been the easiest one. The GG came home today and he, mouse, and the racc lightly decorated the tree. I am happy that every single blasted ornament is not on the tree. Lightly decorated is good.
I am happy that the angel my great aunt Elizabeth gave me as a small child tops the tree. One of the first xmases in the landfill, the GG accidentally shot her wand off sonehow. I was really pissed off at the time but he has pretty much made sure what is left of her tops the tree ever since. There were a lot of questions about where some of the other ornaments came from. I loved my step grandmother Bolette dearly (mom’s bio mom died way before I was born). Bolette did a lot of wonderful things in her life but making xmas ornaments was not one of them. The Commander made some really cool (and simple) ornaments.
Little Cat Z cooked a wonderful chicken dinner while people were decorating the tree and I was just kind of bumbling around feeling somewhat pitiful. Don’t worry. I’ll get over that. Losing a job at this stage of life is a blip. Losing a friend is not. Losing both is challenging. But onward.
December 14th, 2025 at 11:36 pm
I don’t think either event is a blip. It’s a whole different world with a loved one missing and a new routine/schedule. Not easy at all. I don’t put on all my ornaments; with the cat, I mostly stick to non-breakables and meaningful ones.