Vacation, vacation

When I found out that my work was going to force me to take vacation days at Christmas, I was upset. I only get fifteen vacation days a year and I need five of them for camp. I'm also using at least two this year for Summit. Combine that with the fact that I want to build up enough vacation days to take a trip to Europe someday in the near future, it doesn't leave a lot of extra days.

This year however, the fact that I had to take vacations days turned out to be a huge blessing. I probably wouldn't have taken the trip to Colorado if I hadn't been forced to take those days off. I knew I needed a break, but I had no idea how much I really needed it. Not only am I more rested (although my sleep schedule is whacked) but I feel a lot more positive in general.

I had a great time in Colorado. And I have a wonderful family. And crazy cousins. =)

I Celebrate The Day

This is without a doubt my favorite Christmas song ever. If you've never heard it before, I highly encourage you to go listen to it.

I Celebrate The Day - Relient K
And with this Christmas wish is missed
The point I could convey
If only I could find the words to say to let You know how much You've touched my life
Because here is where You're finding me, in the exact same place as New Year's eve
And from a lack of my persistency
We're less than half as close as I want to be

And the first time
That You opened Your eyes did You realize that You would be my Savior
And the first breath that left Your lips
Did You know that it would change this world forever

And so this Christmas I'll compare the things I felt in prior years
To what this midnight made so clear
That You have come to meet me here

To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me
In the hope that what You did
That you were born so I might live
To look back and think that
This baby would one day save me

And I, I celebrate the day
That You were born to die
So I could one day pray for You to save my life