christmas

i remember growing up, christmas would start so effing early. 7 o'clock was about right. i'm loving christmas more and more as the years go on. a couple years ago we didn't want to worry about waking up early or anything, so we all opened all our presents christmas eve. everything. that was great. this year we decided christmas would happen just whenever everyone woke up. that wasn't until about 1030. but then mom had to run out to our aunt's house and take care of her cats. so really, this was the latest christmas ever, we didn't even begin until about 1130ish. and i was totally fine with that. loved it. i was also totally fine that it wasn't a white christmas. thank goodness it wasn't white. it was 40 degrees with not a hint of snow. grass was still greenish yellow. it was the first christmas in a long time i can remember that we didn't have a fire going in the fireplace, there was no need. it was so warm.
of course the weather in burley doesn't last that long. 2 days later as i was leaving, it was in the 20's and the usual 15-20 mph wind was hawking. yeah, it was brick. to me, burley is paradise. the hot, the warm, the freezing bawls cold. i love it all. every second i'm home reminds me of that. memory after memory floods back, those reminders help too.