when my sister and i were growing up in simi valley, during the holiday season, we loved counting the houses with christmas lights. and there were aplenty in simi.
we had so many rules to our game (you can only count houses, not businesses, but churches counted, and some individual apartments, and if you saw a christmas tree in the window, well that counted too). this game turned competitive but, as we got older (up until last year) we played as a team. some nights we counted over 100 houses. and sometimes, we would drive around our neighborhoods to count lights, and listen to xmas music, but really it was another excuse to spend time together and talk. often we forgot what number we were on and one of us would make up a random number and begin counting from there. we really knew how to amuse ourselves. lol.
jen and i, of course, taught the four girls how to play our game.
this year, i've had no energy to play, even though sara has been counting from the passenger seat on her own.
that was until tonight. sara and i counted lights. we only got to 60...perhaps it is still early in the season.
sara's spirit is contagious. and tonight i caught her counting christmas lights fever. not sure i will feel it again, but i'm only thinking about right now. and right now is where i am.
going back to the CW early a.m. class.
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