I am the oldest of my parent's four children. I have a brother, 13 months younger than me and two sisters 12 & 15 years younger than me. I have the most bizarre relationship with them stuck somewhere between their sissy and their mommy - which I hated in high school when I was stuck babysitting them but now I treasure that relationship like none other in the world. OK, well maybe my own kids and my marriage.
The "older" sister and her husband visited us during Thanksgiving time. We had such a good time on that PLANNED trip. I had everything swept aside, the house cleaned, Thanksgiving dinner prepped. It was great to have a family member out here helping me cook.
Then she left and the day long depression set in. I always get depressed when my babies leave me!
We decorated the tree and the home for Christmas and we were set for our next guests to come in town - A friend last weekend and my other sister's fiance on Monday and my husband's family for Christmas. I switched brokerages last Friday so this last week was going to be "hell week".
On Monday I ran around and ran around and got a ton of things done. My husband went to the airport to pick up my sister's fiance. He was going to come over for dinner and then we would drop him off at his hotel and we would see him here and there because he was here for a seminar - therefore he was going to keep busy!
I was freezing and tired so I decided to just crawl in bed to shut my eyes and warm up for a half an hour.
My husband ran into my room shortly after, "HEY RENEE, come down, Kyle has a present for you!" I had JUST dozed off so I said "Is Shellie Here?" He said no and I asked for another 15 minutes just to wake up. The next thing I know, my baby sister is jumping on my bed and we are instantly pillow fighting. She was SUPPOSEDLY having finals this week and that was her excuse for not coming out.
So, in a nutshell, I had to rearrange my schedule and put a ton of things off until today. Today is my "hell day" which I have basically been trying to squeeze in everything that I was supposed to do last week - in one day!
Would I trade my baby sister's visit for less chaos in my life? Nope! It made me sit back and relax and enjoy this season and treasure my favorite Christmas present so far - My baby sister's surprise! She went through just as much drama rearranging her schedule of finals week to do this for me!
To me, the finer things in life are not wrapped up. They are the times I spend with the ones I love, thank you Shellie (and Nicole)!
Alright, breaktime is over - gotta go back to cleaning, organizing and freaking out so I can watch the KC/SD game!
All the Best,
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Renee ~ years from now you will not remember the work you put off, but you will remember the fun with little sis!
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Renee, awesome story.. and I agree with Kristal.
By the way, San Diego won.....
Overall, thanks for sharing this. What a great story right before Christmas....
Kristal: almost three years later, you are right on the mark!
Jeff: :)