Shake it Off

After the key situation was all sorted out, I had the freedom (and the wheels) to do whatever I wanted with my Christmas break. This was my first year with MaxPoint, so it was the first time I got to experience an actual “winter break” since college! Our offices were closed from Christmas Eve through New Years Day, and with some extra days, I had a 2-week vacay.

I couldn’t wait! There were so many great things I planned to do – lots of shopping, take the Nuggies to see Santa, attend Christmas Eve service with my family, cook up some apps, and bring in the new year with great friends.

However, that weekend, I came down with some sort of nasty virus. You guys know which one I am talking about, because every person I have talked to has apparently had this too. Everyday was a new terrible sensation – running nose, chest pain, fever and congestion. I was out of commission for the next 2 weeks, missing precious family time, but spending plenty of QT with the couch.

This was only some of our wrapping…we went a tad overboard

The one benefit of the couch time (besides being on my amazing couch) was staring at my Christmas tree. I just love the twinkle lights, and nothing beats a real tree. In between binge watching shows (this season of Homeland was AMAZE) and taking lots of naps, I started to wrap Christmas presents and place them under the tree.

I take my Christmas wrapping pretty seriously. I am definitely not a Pinterest wrapper (ugh) but I love bows, ribbons, and I’m sorry, but our nieces are not getting StarWars wrapping paper (enter gender stereotype convo with Chad). With all of the bows were tied and the sparkly name tags attached, the presents were placed under the tree where I could admire my work. 

As I added and rearranged the gifts (to get ready for Insta pics), I noticed the gifts were a little wet. Then there were others that were very wet. I pulled the presents out and realized that the tree skirt and towel we set down were VERY wet. So soaked, actually.

Almost as fun as a real tree

We are still unsure the exact cause, but we definitely know the effect. Our beautiful wood floors were warped, the gifts needed to be re-wrapped, but equally as devastating – the tree needed to come down. So a few days BEFORE Christmas, feeling miserably ill, I took down all the ornaments and lights, and Chad took the tree to the dumpster. 

For a happy ending – we used a fan on the floors for a few days, and they slowly went back to normal. We lit up a cute little fake tree that we have so I could still enjoy my twinkle lights, and I slowly started to feel normal again after a few weeks. It was definitely not the way I planned to spend 2 weeks away from work, but I can say that I was VERY relaxed upon returning to the office.

The good news is that we had plenty of Frozen wrapping paper that all the girls, including me, had Anna and Elsa wrapped around their presents. And when your present is a Taylor Swift record…well that’s just the best thing in the world. #thanksChad

You can tell me when it's over if the high was worth the pain