The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

December 6, 2009

In keeping with my promise to myself to write on my blog once a week, here I am.  However, I find myself with nothing much to report.  The week was pretty uneventful (funny how two all-day power outages at work, two “intervention” meetings with my neighbors in an attempt to quiet their obnoxious dog and a getting my scooter stuck in a pile of dirt now qualifies as “uneventful”).  In any event, I thought I would share a “Top Ten List” of what I will miss most about Christmas this year as I will be spending it in Africa.

10) The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

9) College bowl games

8) Doing Christmas shopping for my family

7) Hearing Carol of the Bells outside of Saks (ok I won’t REALLY miss that, it is kinda annoying)

6) Ice Skating in Bryant or Central Park

5) Writing Christmas Cards to all my family and friends (in order for you to receive them on time, I would have had to have mailed them in early November, so I am skipping them this year)

4) Time off from work spent with family (minus the dreadful time spent in JFK)

3) Gotham Alumni Christmas Party

2) Christmas Eve opening gifts with family, hors d’oeuvres and holiday cheer, i.e., alcohol

1) Midnight mass

Fortunately, as wonderful as all of these things are, the most important part of Christmas is here with me in Africa…the Lord Jesus.  O Come O Come Emmanuel!

“For unto us a child is born, a Son is given . . . .  And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”  Isaiah 9:6