Holiday Love List

Five things I love about the holidays:

1. Shopping so much and pretending I'm Santa
2. The endless amount of hugging
3. Opening presents
4. Seeing my cousins for three days in a row
5. Singing along to Christmas songs

I'm snuggled in the living room with my Santa's Secret tea wearing the comfiest pair of socks I've ever owned and chatting with two of my best friends in the entire world. I feel like an old lady because of how exhausted I am from shopping, wrapping, chatting, and all of those other activities that come along with the holidays. Tomorrow marks the final day of celebration; the family comes over for Tyler's birthday. That also means I am soon to add cleaning to the list of exhausting tasks. Someone carry me to bed...

I miss the city already and kind of wish I was in the Bronx sitting at my spot by the front window right now. It's weird how some place can become your home and then you just have to leave it behind. Saying goodbye to NYC was definitely bittersweet. On one hand, I was excited to head home, spend time with my family, be reunited with my gym, and have a car concert everyday. But, on the other hand, I'm craving weird subway entertainment, "free" transportation, and having so many things to do all the time. NYC is addictive for sure. Good thing I'm visiting this weekend...

Cousin Christmas

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