Really Being Patient

I am now sitting here at the computer typing this rather than rushing over to the fireplace and devouring all that Santa has brought overnight. I was actually even awake at 5:30 or so but managed to get back to sleep and woke up about 5 minutes ago. This is a much more reasonable hour to be up even if we did only go to bed at 1:00! At this point it's really kind of pointless to wait any longer so I'm going to try and coerce Sarah into wandering over towards our stockings. It'll be interesting to see when my brothers and their friends (two international students) actually get up. It certainly won't be as early as when we were little - we would have woken each other up right around 5:30 or 6!

Oh yeah, Merry Christmas everyone! It was nice to see some old faces at church last night. It always seems to be a good time to visit, but the socializing isn't really the focus of going to church. It's just a nice side benefit. I hope everyone is able to enjoy today with their family or friends to celebrate the birthday of God's son. Sometimes I don't always remember what Christmas is all about, but I do try to find the meaning that giving gifts has within the the celebration of Jesus' birth.

Yeah! It's Christmas!