Happy Holidays

I want to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas.  Hope the day was filled with joy and holiday cheer.

I have not written in my blog for over a week.  Honestly,  I have not felt like writing as I was having a case of the holiday blues.  I was having a hard time focusing mentally on the positive and relegating my mood to negative thought processes.  It would have helped me to write but,  I got caught up in a cycle of the "downzies".

I am in Moncton now visiting the Praught clan for the holidays.  I think it was just what the doctor ordered and I have really enjoyed my time here.  It was hard leaving Ollie behind but,  this trip has been helpful in regaining a sense of hopefulness moving in to 2013.  Bernie and Karen are wonderful people and have made every effort to make us feel at home here.  It was great to catch up with Duane and Erin as well and hear about all their exciting plans for the year ahead.  Little Kaye was full of the Christmas spirit and brought her exuberant energy to the festivities.

I got a call from the air port on Wednesday night to plow on Thursday.  Obviously I had to say no as I was here but,  it was a good sign that they were thinking of me to come in.  There was an abundant snow fall here last night and the plows were out in full force.  I was not sure about working at the air port with the distance from home but,  watching them last night made me eager to get things going.  Now I just have to hope Toronto starts getting a steady dose of winter.

We fly home tonight and should be back by eleven at night.  I am excited to see Ollie and watch his tail wag profusely as we walk in the door.  Might be hard to understand how hard it is leave a dog behind but,  he is part of our family.  My brother Matt was able to hang out with him for a bit which was quite helpful to us.  My parents were a big help in taking care of him and I am grateful for that.

I am not sure that we have any major plans for the weekend but,  I am sure I will be watching the final day of the regular season in the NFL.  The AFC is all wrapped up but,  the NFC wild cards are still up in the air.  Should be interesting to see how it unfolds.  I am pulling for the Redskins in the Sunday night game.  I have nothing against the Cowboys but,  love what RG3 and the Skins have done over the last half of the season.

Think it is coffee time so I will end here.  Happy Friday.  Take care,  Shawn.

Hold on to your dreams,  you never know how life will unfold.