Hello and happy Monday of Christmas week.

Everywhere we go, I’m tempted to take pictures because the colors of our trees have just been stunning this year, even though we are in Texas not New England.

This is the only one I managed to get and now the leaves are almost gone! I’ll try to do better. They have really been fiery and bright, almost decorations themselves!

Staying at Kevin’s house brings its own set of challenges, but currently, I was going to watch a Christmas movie and he starts up the leaf vacuum. 😏

So, I’m blogging and trying to convey the fact that my brain feels like a hurricane has gone through. Between tests and doctors appointments, grocery shopping for dinner ingredients, and figuring out where we are going to live pretty soon, Christmas seems like a blur.

We will be here, two of the three boys will join us, and that makes me happy. I wish we could have arranged for Josh to come home, but then we’d never get him back to Ohio. 🤣 Sorry, family joke. I miss him so, I really do, but seriously I’m only half kidding.

Dave made arrangements this morning for an RV spot at Winstar on the 27th. Cheaper than a hotel but still spendy but hey, it’s done. We are going to see Creed and he wanted to be able to relax and enjoy it.

Then this morning, before I went for my MRI of brain and abdomen, he got us a spot in SE Tx for the end of this month where he will take the bus down, towing the Jeep, and drive the Jeep back. That is where we will stay until we find a house and he starts work on the 27th of Jan.

I’m honestly glad not to have the added stress of finding the perfect gift because we don’t do that any more…except with a few friends. My mind can’t handle much more and I’m sure Dave feels the same. He has been studying for days to get his A water license renewed, just in case he needs it.

We planned our menu for Christmas and I bought it this morning, so we should be set. (I wonder how many more trips to the store we’ll make.🤣)😏

On top of all that, my “medicine” makes me kinda harebrained -read stoned- and beyond making all of my brother’s decorations, I haven’t done a darn thing. Oh, I crocheted him a pot holder too. I watch a lot of tv and play a lot of games on my iPad, cause my mind is so overwhelmed it feels blank. Does that even make sense?

My goal is 7,000 steps or more a day, don’t forget your stretches, remembering what day what appt or test is and I’m done with that now so, yea!!

If I didn’t ground myself every morning in the Word, I think I’d have already lost my mind. But prayer helps me stay same and calm, letting a lot that would have bothered me a long time ago, wash over me.