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Man, I used to love Christmas, especially when it came to work at Regina (my church). For those of you who don’t know, I used to be director of the altar servers. It was my responsibility, with the help of varying friends (Anthony, then Joe, then Mike until I left), to organize the servers and plan out everyone’s role and movements during the more elaborate mass celebrations. It was stressful. I had to keep track of kids who weren’t always the most attentive and had to pray I could convey everything to a pastor who was becoming increasingly senile. It was always different. It was fun.

So, what happened? Growing up happened. Now, this time of year means I deal with stress from work and customers who are angry at me because they chose to shop at the last minute. It’s draining and doesn’t come with many rewards. You see, busting my ass at Regina (for free, may I add) always reaped benefits, namely, the friendships I formed, the leadership skills I acquired and the fact that many of these kids and parents seemed to like me (as opposed to the customers who don’t lol). Sure, I get the money now, but I just wish I could get back the same feeling of passion and enjoyment that I received from the volunteer work.

Other than that, there’s not much to update you guys on. Life has been stagnant. I’m trying to update the site more often, it’s just been hard to find motivation while being exhausted from work. That should be correcting itself, though, as the season winds to an end.

On that note, I’ll end this by thanking everyone who gave me something for Christmas. Everything was appreciated, even if it was only a card with an amazing short note in it. Thanks guys and girls.

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