Christmas Time

I've seen these blog things around...and figured I'd give it a try.

It's Christmas evening, Sean is playing his new Grand Theft Auto IV, and I'm trying to start a habit of writing about the goings-on in our lives. I used to be really good at that, and have many great memories from college because of my diligence in writing.

Our anniversary was two days ago. We splurged a bit and went to The Cheesecake Factory, and stayed at a beautiful hotel nearby. We both looked pretty snazzy as we went out for our date, our waiter was friendly, the food was good, and the company was the best! After supper, we ordered two cheesecakes to go, and headed to the hotel. Excellent evening!!!
I woke up in the middle of the night, panicking about the house and the dogs. Most of you who would have any interest in reading a blog by me know that we were robbed last year, right before our anniversary and Christmas. That sucked big time.
I woke up wondering if we'd return home to an encore performance of last year...if the dogs would be okay...if we would be able to tell what had been moved (I didn't clean before we left), etc.
I nudged Sean, who was blissfully sleeping beside me, and asked him to tell me that it would be okay. Wonderful man that he is, he mumbled, "It's going to be okay." I tried to focus on that for a while, but sleep continued to evade me. I whispered little prayers to myself, and tried to convince myself that I was being irrational. Eventually, I felt the subtle presence of peace, and drifted off to sleep.

I don't know if there's really any coming back from as horrible of a situation as we experienced just a year ago. I felt so robbed of our safety and security...so violated...that, even now, with 1200 miles and 365 days between us, I don't always feel safe.
I've called the police department back there twice to ensure that they've received our forwarding address...just on the off chance that they find the jerks that robbed us, and want to prosecute. I think the sergeant knows my area code, though, because he hasn't answered yet. I'm not entirely certain that they're even doing anything about it anymore...but I'm only responsible for my part of the deal.

On to happier things, we had a great Christmas day with my side of the family,and a pleasant time with Sean's family yesterday. Splitting up Christmases is quite difficult. Guess it's all part of the whole being married thing.

So, here we are, Christmas night, and I'm thinking about going to bed VERY early. I'm hoping to take extreme advantage of my vacation, and get this house together!!!
We'll see if I get it done, and I'll get to test the user-friendly-ness of this blogspot's photo uploader thing. ;)