My holiday...

Down time is important.

Ahh! I feel the wonderful pull of laziness lingering in my soul as I realize...my holiday is over :( However, if we weren't so busy all the time - we would never appreciate the "holiday" like we do now. I was able to extend my vacation by a whole week and have never felt so relaxed. I don't live to work, I work to live and I believe taking a real break is very crucial to our health and happiness. I arrived in Toronto on Dec. 19th while battling a bladder infection I was trying to get rid of for days. Have you ever been on a plane for 5 and a half hours with a bladder infection? Probably the worst case scenario you could think of ;) "There's no place like home," is what I wanted to be thinking but all that was running through my mind was, "there's no place like a Walk-In clinic." Before I even got to see my beautiful mother - I was happily sitting in a Walk-In clinic waiting for antibiotics. Fast forward to the following day. I was a bridesmaid in the wedding of one of my only friends from high school - Miss Sahar Harb. It turned out beautifully and Sahar looked as gorgeous as an icicle shimmering in the moonlight. Head to toe, the bride & groom knocked everyone's socks (and boots) off their feet as they made their way into the winter wonderland Sahar had created. I wish them nothing but the best of the best (and knowing Sahar, that's all she settles for).

Up until Christmas, I spent the days shopping, seeing friends and family, shopping, and sleeping. Christmas day was wonderful as per usual - we always have eggs and bacon after we open our gifts and eat some candy from our stockings (I was the only one who did this, this year...) We then headed over to my aunts to celebrate with yummy Hungarian food and more gifts. I found that each Christmas day goes by faster and faster as I get older...it makes me a little sad. The next day (Canada's "Black Friday" is called Boxing day) I did not do more shopping, instead Phil and I spent the day with his side of the family which includes many, many kids. I ended that day off with heading to Toronto with my good friend Ashley and meeting up with one of my besties, Tamsyn Cooper, to drink strawberry flavored beer (yum) and exchange...more gifts!

Everyone keeps saying they've got a feeling about 2010. I don't remember hearing that last year. I hope this is a good sign, for everyone. For any of you reading this that are not following your dreams...please give yourself a chance. Don't let others around you influence you. I know it can be hard to stay true to who you are, but if you don't, then you'll become a mixture of everyone else and eventually realize, you are very lost. Let this new year be a chance to start over. I am. I'll start over again and again until I reach my goal.

More updates later! Hope your first week of 2010 is going great.

ps. I am very excited to see Jimmy The Babe who has been taken care of by my friend, Dawny.