i needed a little incentive to get into the holiday spirit. i am having an especially difficult time this year for some reason- i've tried forcing myself to listen to christmas songs on the radio, i make myself go into the decorating section of target (where everything sparkles!), and i put in the extra mile when i was wrapping gifts for my loved ones. but i'm still having a hard time. first of all, it feels like january outside already. snow, bitter cold winds, and icy sidewalks= january to me. second, christmas this year means i'm not going to be with all my loved ones; my habibi's birthday is christmas day and he will either be in a town 6 hours away or on his way to the other side of the planet (literally). i'm afraid christmas will just magnify the feelings of missing him. thankfully all of my friends will be at home over this break, so i will have them to lean on. anyway, in the effort to get in the christmas spirit and cross another number off my list, i read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I had never read it, only seen it (most recently in Muppet format :) yay) It was great. I was surprised by how easy it was to read Dickens' writing. I thought he would have written in ancient, crotchety Olde English, but that was not the case at all. And *spoiler alert* Tiny Tim lives to see the Christmases Future, and Scrooge lives happily ever after. what a lovely story. *
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