Happy new year everyone!
The holidays were a crazy whirlwind of celebrating, hosting, cooking, shopping, and being exhausted all at the same time. I think the holidays really show you how much you're married bc you suddenly have twice the number of things to do. 2 thanksgivings, 2 Christmases, 2 new year's day. Suddenly my holidays are less about me and more about other people. I don't mind it all that much. I think it was just a shocker that gone are the days where I get to be a lazy kid or young adult where my parents love to pamper me. Once you get married, suddenly, you're an adult and now you have to act like it. It's a shocker! I wish someone had warned me about this!
A lot of things happened over the holiday break, but I wanted to start off this new year with a happy memory. Sy and I love chips. We could eat them all the time. But one of our favorite things to do is sit on the couch and eat chips together as we watch tv/movies. Usually, we are bundled up under the blanket and our arms are tucked into the warmth of our body heat. But usually one of us will sacrificially feed the other one chips. It's a flawless routine. I put one chip in my mouth, give him a chip while I chew on my own. He chews on his own while I feed myself another chip and the cycle continues. To be honest, it's a little annoying to feed him chips. My arm gets tired, my whole limb gets cold bc it's not protected by blanket, and I'm the one who ends up with a chip-encrusted hand. But there's something very satisfying about feeding him. There's a joy in knowing I'm sparing him of the annoyance of this task. There's also a contentment in the cyclical chewing that makes me feel like we are super in sync. And then, when he feeds me doritos and I get to enjoy being the receiver, man, is it glorious to have all my limbs warm and all I have to do is open my mouth and in pops another bite of deliciousness. No work - just pure joy.
It's such a small act of kindness and love. And it's often so forgettable, so mundane. But it's sweet and tender. I hope that even when we're 80, we'll still be doing this. But maybe with like prunes or whatever else old people eat. Who knows? Heck, maybe we'll still be eating doritos as an 80 year old couple! I actually think that would be rather cute!
Here's to cool ranch doritos and sour cream and onion potato chips - 2 of our all-time faves. May there be many more years of this.
