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So the last four months have flown past and I have not had time to blog. This says something important about my life. I am now one day away from having survived a whole school year at Crawford and I can tell you honestly and vehmently that I am quite ready for a holiday. It has been an eventful school year and I’m just really tired now. Tomorrow morning the staff are having brekkie together, exchanging secret santa presents and then dealing with the final day of child minding (which is what it has become this close to term’s end) before we can breathe a sigh of relief and forget about teaching for a little while. As much as I like teaching, kids can be exhausting, and I will not miss having to say the same thing nine times for the next six weeks.

On a happier note, Ben and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary last monday (11th Dec.). When I say celebrated, I mean of course, that I went to a friend’s hen’s night and Ben stayed home. Ah well…we’re going away to celebrate later in January when all the Christmas halaballoo is over and done with. I’m looking forward to Christmas in the same way that people look forward to a mug of hot chocolate and a long long sleep after a busy day. It seems to have been creeping up for so long that when it happens it will be nice, and then it will be over and we will be free to think of things other than assorted non-essential to life or salvation X-mas parephanalia. Christmas this year will be spent in three places seeing as much family as possible. It will feel a bit different to past Christmases because there is the very real possibility that it will be the last one spent with two of my beloved grandparents - which makes me sad. I’m looking forward to hanging out with family, because I am blessed with a lovely family (two actually…in-laws are also great!). I am always reminded of how much of a blessing this is around this time of year when I hear people complaining about horrific family politics or broken relationships. God has been so kind to me in this way.

There is so much I could write about this year past. I think it can wait till another time though…