1/I woke up early yesterday morning at 6 AM for an 8 AM Meeting. It was a Friday work from home day so I decided to have my first cup of coffee and watch my favourite morning TV, and guess what I see when the screen comes up?

This is getting old. When will we stop with this vicious “KAREN” stuff ?!!

2/ We met my daughter’s new boyfriend this week. He visited us as a pitstop on his way home, further north of us. It’s a fairly new relationship, so we were looking forward to his visit.

He’s a nice young man, very personable. I can see why my daughter likes him. He engaged in conversation well, was polite, helpful (he was baking with her, taking orders, they were in the kitchen when I ran into the house while rushing to take my next zoom meeting in my office…). He seems sweet in an “awshucks” kind of way. I just felt I had to give him a hug after shaking hands. Is that weird?

It was fun to see them in the back trying to build a snowman, which morphed into more of a snow fight. I was their age when my husband and I started dating. It’s early days, but we already like him much more than boyfriend number one. Granted, the bar has been set a little low, but this is a vast improvement. Their first Christmas together, things look promising.

They must be on a new level of trust – my daughter is pet sitting his pet tortoise while he’s away. She’s perfect for that – remember we’ve had fish, hamsters, our beloved Cody and pet rats Milo, Theo and Darwin in this house. Why not something pre-historic?

3/ So happy that my daughter is home for the holidays. She took the lead and we started decorating for Christmas:

3) Office holiday party – I haven’t been to a company party in a couple of years, it was nice to get to know colleagues on a more personal level. I was asked to provide a slide to describe myself, which was an invitation I’d been waiting for because as the internets know, I like to share and showcased a few selifes. I love selfies. We had a white elephant gift exchange and fun lunch and I sipped some rose prosecco with lunch.

4/ White Elephant gift ideas for our family Christmas.

Any good ideas? We’ve decided to go this way for our family too. Ages from 13 to 88. Should be a riot, can’t wait to see my Mom’s reactions. No filter.

5/My son got home at 1 AM this morning. Yay! My heart and my house are now full.

I am blessed.

6/ Meeting friends again this weekend to catch up.

Very lucky indeed.

What is up for you this weekend?