So B wanted me to go with him to cut down a Christmas tree, and we decided today was the day. It was snowing and sleeting all day yesterday, but overnight it warmed up and most of the ice had melted, so we thought it would be fine. When we set out, it was raining slightly, but no big deal. We drove about 45 minutes to what was apparently the nearest tree farm, and the instant we pulled up it started pouring down rain. But since we were already there, we decided to brave it. So we are walking around looking for the perfect tree. I, of course, was wearing some wedge boots for this excursion. Perfect, of course, for traipsing through the ice, mud, and snow. Luckily I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, so I was able to put up the hood and keep at least my head dry. It started hailing, and then it was full-fledged storming. With lightening and thunder. I tried to keep up with B as he rushed around from tree to tree (hard to do considering my brilliant choice of footwear). Every so often he would turn around and look at me, and we would have a little giggle about how ridiculous it was – us Christmas tree shopping in the worst weather ever.
A good snow would have been nice. Picturesque, even, and appropriate for the situation. Torrential downpour, hail, and lightening, though? Not so much. I think we had pictured this being some quaint little couple ritual - but no. It was the two of us, pretty much running from tree to tree, settling on one pretty quickly. We cut it down (amidst the lightening), threw it up on top of the car and dove into the car. We sat there for a moment, catching our breath, and laughing at ourselves. We were literally soaked to the skin from head to toe. Like I said, my head was actually dry underneath my hood, but poor B, he looked so pathetic sitting there, water literally dripping down his face and from his chin. I took the inside (and therefore dry) part of my gloves and wiped his face, and we drove to the front where B got out and took care of getting the tree wrapped up, paid for, and put in the back of his vehicle. Unfortunately we weren’t able to decorate it today because it was just too wet.
I’m kind of excited that it is December now. I have a couple of holiday parties to go to in the next couple of weeks. I’m looking forward to them. A little extra socialization is always a good thing. But I’ve got a lot of shopping to do, so I’ve got to get on that pretty quickly. And put up my own tree. Yikes, I’ve got to get my act together.
