A.Beautiful.Break.

The inevitable has arrived. My last night at home.

This has been one of my favorite Christmas Breaks ever. Obviously, I love every Christmas Break for obvious reasons. No class/work. Family. Old friends. Homemade meals on a regular basis. Its warm, homey, familiar bliss for like, a month. Nothing compares, ya know? But this particular break was especially enjoyable. Maybe its because I'm engaged--and therefore happy all the time? I mean these days, I could step barefoot on a rusty nail and claim it was the most magical moment of my life. Everything is wonderful and beautiful. In my head, I live in the Enchanted Forest of Engagement. And I'm the princess of it. And there are these little fairies that work for me, except for they only have one job...to stare at my ring all day and all night.

Um. Anyways.

Whatever the reason--this Christmas Break has been pretty close to perfection. I saw so many of my favorite people. And did so many of my favorite things. I went to so many of my favorite places. I've just completely fallen in love with this break! I've fallen in love with what I've seen. With what I've heard. With what I've learned. With what I've lived.

These days were good for my soul. And I've come to this conclusion: Life, in general, becomes more exiting.fun.livable. when you let yourself fall in love with things. When you let yourself have favorites. I have a favorite everything, and I must say...its the best feeling in the world. When I see my favorite color. Or hear my favorite musician. Or eat at my favorite restaurant. Or hear my favorite hymn. You just get extra excited and your stomach kind of bubbles up. I pity the soul who is too "indecisive" [read: boring] to fall in love with normal things.

To allow yourself the simple luxury of emotionally attaching yourself to commonplace things is...refreshingly joyous.

I suppose this blog entry has served two purposes. 1) It has exposed the reason behind the dreaminess of my Christmas Break. And 2) It has reminded me of the excitement and joy that can be found in the little things. I think any bride-to-be would agree that if only there was more happiness found in the trivial details...the whole process of planning a wedding would be much less stressful + frustrating.

Less than 6 months to go now, you know! And in these months...I plan on falling head over heels in love with the little things.