christmas with camels

coffee catch-up / nostalgia / pondering

I become agitated if there’s no cream for my coffee. Sometimes I’ll forget to go to the store and I’ll wake up only to realize my morning coffee will be black. Instead of going to the store, I’ll be grumpy and lament my lack of cream. Sip on the bitterness. To be specific, it has to be half-and-half or even more creamy.. no milk, no oats.. all this to say, I’m pretty sure I’m lactose intolerant.

Today is a good day, though, because I do have cream and even though the sun isn’t shining, I know it will again sometime. I’ve been thinking about Christmas.. I’ll usually fly to Seattle to be with my dad, stepmom and siblings but that wasn’t in the cards for this year. I’ll go in January instead, when things are less chaotic and flights are cheaper.

lately, in Calgary

I won’t fly to the east coast to be with my mom and her new fiancee because of the cost. Did you know it’s cheaper to fly to Europe than to fly to the east coast of Canada, from Canada? So I’ll be tucking away here in Calgary with my boyfriend and our two fluffy pooches for Christmas, which is also my birthday.