Christmas Eve

It's been two months since I started this blog, without a single word written until today. I was so busy these months teaching kids, preparing lessons and doing some paperwork that I simply didn't have any 'me' time.

The Christmas holiday has officially started today and I'm happy to be home, surfing the net, relaxing, and not having to think about the work for a while.

This Christmas is going to be a very special one for me. First of all, I got into the Christmas spirit very early this year and was looking forward to the holidays. This feeling got even stronger while I was preparing for the traditional Christmas fair in our school. My pupils made some ornaments, wreaths and figurines depicting the nativity scene for the sale. As the holidays were approaching I was becoming less and less happy about the whole thing. I sacrificed my entire weekend to finish the stuff on time for the fair, and I was extremely nervous about the midterm school report I had to submit. I had just one day to prepare for the holidays. My Christmas spirit had almost entirely disappeared when I realized that this holidays is almost entirely about spending money on gifts and making unreasonable wishes.

This Christmas is going to be a very special one for me because I won't have a traditional Xmas tree. My tree is going to be made of a couple of branches of a shrub I trimmed a couple of weeks ago, and is going to be decorated with handmade ornaments I bought at the fair. We'll skip the traditional Christmas eve dishes and we won't give each other gifts. We will listen to some Christmas themed music, we''ll watch TV and drink some boiled wine.
All I want for Christmas is peace and some time for myself and my thoughts, and of course, I want to be with my boyfriend.