I got to spend time with friends and family. Family posts of wonderful Thanksgiving celebrations will follow once I figure out how to get them off my phone and into the computer file; and by figure out I of course mean find the little cord.
Friend time - local and out of town. Spent an amazing weekend in Arizona with new and old friends. It was a great weekend of little to no responsibility, a fantasy for us parents. We hiked (beautiful for sure) up to the top of a summit at +/-2000ft elevation and the very next day sat around and watched football. Two of us literally did not get off the couch unless we had to use the facilities or to make our pizza when our wonderful male friends went out to handle the errands. It was a weekend everyone should have. And don't get me started on the cupcakes.
Locally I got to hang out with different friends ranging from the spa, hockey, too cooking/baking while enjoying our traditional mimosas. In itself these times are fantasy like as well, yes we had responsibilities and kids (let's be honest, even if they weren't in AZ they were still there) but it was fun times that were carefree.
Too often I think we try to work too hard to make events perfect and forget to just stop and enjoy them along the way. That was the best part of the prep for holidays weekend in AZ, we stopped and had fun. We smelled the roses and anything else we wanted. We laughed, cried (yeah, not really but maybe kind of a little as we know I don't do that cry thing, right? right.), we ate, danced, slept and just enjoyed each other's company.
My suggestion to all of you during the holidays? Take time to enjoy the company and the moment, you never know what doors it may open.