I'm trying to get back in the habit of posting here again...I really let this space languish, and I can feel it. I'm spending a lot of time over on Facebook, but it's just not the same...anyway...

The Boss let me work from home today, so I've done a little brainstorming on a project, and that's about it. I'm off to Dallas to have coffee with my sweetheart in a bit, and I may stop by the office to tie up some loose ends if it looks like I would otherwise be sitting in rush hour traffic. (Aside: I have yet to come up with a name for her in LJ land....I'm working on it.)

Tomorrow I'll be hanging at the house, possibly baking, working on my holiday_wishes cards and packages. I fell behind this year, and I feel a little bad about it, but I know it also means people will be receiving a little cheer even after the formal holiday. I'm excited to do them, both because it spreads some holiday love and because it helps me declutter my card box and other little stuff that is useless to me but dearly wanted by others.

S thought she was going to have to go to family's for the holiday, but it now looks like she'll be here. So we'll have dinner and do presents tomorrow night. She ganked my stocking when she heard I would have to stuff it myself and put all my presents in it. That just tickled my heart. She is very sweet. I am hoping she likes all the little things I put together for her. We'll make a nice vegetarian dinner and spend some time together tomorrow night.

She'll be with her family on Christmas, and I'll be spending it with friends.

I was worried about this holiday, being the first without Bun. And I'm not going to lie -- opening the boxes of holiday decorations was hard. We had bought things on clearance last year, for use in future years, and seeing all that optimism and knowing how it turned out was a little bittersweet.

But at the end of the day, I am so much better off. With or without the new girl, I am in healthier place than I have been in a while, or could have ever been with Bun or E. It's a hard-won lesson but it's worth learning.