This has been a really busy month, physically and emotionally. The Christmas celebrations have begun and I did my best to be present. Our Church had a Christmas dinner. I went to Lori's after school one day because her mom got us all Christmas gifts which was really sweet. I was invited to join the Secret Santa gift exchange with Lori and Abby and other friends of Deyton's. I went to Lillian's for the youth party. I also went to Emily's Christmas concert.
I was so relieved when I made it to the last day of school. Somehow, I made all A's! That night, I wene to Taylor's 18th birthday party. I was so thrilled to be invited and enjoyed going on the party bus to look at Christmas lights. Morgan kidnapped me to take me out for ice cream one night when Taylor was gone. Later that night, Lori came over and kidnapped me to have me help her deliver cookies to friends, one being Chase's house!
I was invited to Heidi's annual cookie baking day. She invites family and like-family members to come over and bake cookies on the anniversary of her Dad's death. Deyton looked forward to this day every year and I was honored to be a part of it. I got to bake with some of her good friends and her older special needs brother. It was a very healing day.
As much as I love Christmas, I was really dreading it this year. On Christmas Eve, our family visited Grandma Rose. It was nice to listen to her reminisce about when she was young. We then went to Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom's at their new house. It was different, but nice to talk with and laugh with everyone. Only Mom and I went to the Christmas Eve service at Chruch. I got very emotional when they turned off the lights and we lit candles and sang Silent Night. I felt Deyton's presence then.
We had a relaxing Christmas at home. We enjoyed opening gifts. I got a lot of face products that I was needing and I was most excited about my new clean cell phone case! Later that night, we celebrated at Lisa's. I enjoyed listening to Nana Arden and Papa Rodney reminisce about when they met and got engaged.
Papa Ron and Linda came here the day after Christmas. Linda go us Fast Track, the game that we love to play. We spent time playing that and hanging out. As much as I enjoyed all the festivities, I was glad they were over so I could just sleep.
One night, Aurora took Avonlea, Emily, and me to the Wicked sing-a-long. I loved the movie and really enjoyed the sing-a-long. We went to the Fajens to play games while Jonathan and Jacob were in town. We had a Church Brunch worship. I went over to Nana Arden's to put puzzles together. I asked to do this and even arranged it! I had a lot of fun going to see Christmas lights with Nana Arden and Papa Rodney. We did pictures with the Fajens on New Years Eve
I had several New Year's Eve offers, and chose to spent the night at Ella's. I had so much fun and I'm glad we are becoming friends again. We did a break out room together then next day. Taylor invited me to go out to brunch with her which was really nice. We had Aurora and Avonlea over to hang out and I did some diamond art. I love talking to Aurora!
We had an Ellie and Mom day to look for sports bras, and I got Chick-Fil-A mac and cheese, fries, and lemonade. So good! Jill and Ale came over and I loved petting her and laughing at our dogs play with her. Mom drove the Columbia girls to volleyball practice in Jefferson City.
We then had lots of snow and ice! Lori's birthday party was cancelled and we had 3 days off school. I was so glad because I was not ready to go back. I'm worried about not having the energy and focus to do well this semester, having to start all over again. Dad took me to meet Deyton's aunt Casey to deliver ornaments that our neighbor Bryan made. We only had school on Thursday and then we got a ton of snow and had Friday off! We left early to head to Lawrence for our first volleyball tournament, the Power League Qualifier. Maci chose me to play libero and let me know ahead of time. It was nice to be able to mentally prepare ahead of time. We made it into Power League 2! Our team has a volleyball that ended up in our cart, and Maci is having us use it as an MVP for each tournament. We all wrote inspiring quotes on it. We named it "Beirne" after the name on it. I was awarded the Beirne for the first tournament!
Papa Ron and Linda came here again to deliver a chair and play Fast Track. Our family plays it almost every night! I had volleyball practice, and Heidi came over to pick up the necklace I chose to put Deyton's ashes in.
My lower back has been hurting, so I started physical therapy again. This year, we have to be invited to positionals. I was exhausted emotionally and physically when it was my turn. I really didn't want to go, but Mom and Dad said I needed to because I commited to it. I didn't take it as seriously and had a lot of fun. I had practice the next day. I am just hoping that I can keep my energy up for next month!
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