sigelphoenix

Turns out that I won't be visiting my parents for Christmas. The weather is so bad down there that they don't even want to leave the house to go to work (and I really hope that they don't have to), so driving out to the train station to pick up me and kyonkun isn't feasible.

So. On the one hand, I'm sad that I won't get to see my parents on my birthday, and on Christmas. Also, I was really looking forward to a week off of work - now that I'm not going anywhere it doesn't make sense to use my vacation time, so I should save it and just go to work normally.

But I'm trying to look on the bright side, and there are some good things to come out of this:

- I got a full refund on my train tickets, rather than having to forfeit some or all of the cost.
- I'll still visit my parents sometime later (probably February), and this time it will be on our own terms, rather than the timing of the holiday. Admittedly, it would've been nice to celebrate Christmas and my birthday with them, but in the end they're just days.
- I can still take Monday (my birthday) off of work, because I need to use my "personal holiday," the one day of free vacation time we get each year (which expires if we don't use it by the end of the year).
- This means that I will get to see ratzeo off before he leaves for his parents', and we'll spend my birthday together for the first time.
- While I won't get a whole week vacation off of work, between my personal holiday, the Christmas holiday, and the New Year's Day holiday, I won't have to work a full week for the next two weeks. That, combined with the fact that I already worked to get ahead when I was planning to be out of the office for a week, means that I should have a relatively easy week ahead of me.
- I also won't have to leave my baby. XD;;; I was working really hard on not worrying about leaving Kershach alone for four days, but no matter how much anxiety I got rid of, I still felt some ... I will still have to leave him alone someday, of course; but whenever that happens, we will have that much extra time together beforehand, so that he can settle in to indoor life, and I can keep working on releasing my new-mommy anxiety.
- I will also have regular internet access. ^_^; I know that's not a big deal, but it will be nice to be able to work on my email RPs with people.

So this means that I'll be around all week. ratzeo will be gone, but luckily kyonkun will be here, so I will have at least one family member to celebrate Christmas with. XD