Tis the season. Well I just found out Christmas is canceled this year. Well for my family it is. In some ways I'm glad, with my job & freelance situation as it is I really can't afford it anyways.
I was sorta looking forward to at least spending it with my mom, my sisters, their S.O.'s & my nieces & nephew, but that's not going to happen this year. Seems the water pump isn't working at my mom's place, so she has no running water. So that means neither of my sisters want to bring their kids out there, which is understandable. Because my middle sister is married & my littlest sister might as well be, they have in-laws to spend the holidays with. Usually what happens is my mom will rotate with them a "Christmas day," which means some years we have Christmas on Christmas eve, Christmas day, or the day after Christmas. This year my mom decided since the girls won't bring the kids out she'll just cancel it or postpone it till later.
On top of this I'm finding that my mom's financial situation isn't that much better than mine. She's putting herself through school & living off her widow's pension, which sounds like she just barely getting by like me. Evidently she already owes money to the guy that can fix the water pump, so she has to repay him first & then to get it fixed she'll need to pay him up front probably. At this point I really wish I was working full-time just so I could help her with the cost of it. Sounds like life is tough all around this year.
Not that I would be able to make it up to her place Christmas day, I'll be working. I figured as much anyways, since I am the new guy at NWCN & it's Saturday which is my regular day anywho. The nice thing is I'll get holiday pay. If I get a "cash" Christmas bonus it will probably go first to presents for my nieces & nephew & then whatever is left will go to bills (I actually sorta shopped early this year & have gotten my mom & nephew's gifts already). My sisters & I have a standing agreement not to get gifts for each other, we'd rather take care of Christmas for the kids.
So this year I have a couple Christmas wishes. Money for my mom to get the water pump fixed so the family can get together. Money to help put my finances at least in a situation so I'm not in a borrowing circle with my roommate. Snow, even though I live in Seattle, I like to see snow on the ground for Christmas day. An iPod, the biggest version they got, hell might as well throw in another wish that won't come true anytime soon. ;-)
So Christmas this year will probably be a quiet humbling experience for me this year. Unless I win the lotto, but then again I need to play the lotto. I'll go to work, call my grandma at some point...well probably call my mom & sisters too. If I'm lucky I'll a beer & a nice diner & call it a night. Might even watch some Christmas special movies.
Ah well, life goes on.
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