Christmas Wishes: ...too soon?

As you may know, I've been taking lessons to learn the Ukulele. Learning a new instrument comes with challenges, frustrations, and the eventual thrill of mastering a new skill. I got into the Ukulele when Eric gave me this tiny wannabe guitar for my birthday, as a precursor for perhaps moving on to the real deal.

The master himself tired to teach me...

And while he's a great teacher, moving to DeKalb was not ideal for my progress (hence the lessons).

But this post isn't really about my Ukulele, or music in general for that matter, but rather about the whole process of gift giving to begin with.

The rationale behind the giving of the Ukulele was that

1) I am musical

(me after a SWE concert with my Grandmother and Mother)

(me and the rest of BCC'sVarsity choir during the 2007 Bijou Orchestra's Holiday Pops Concert)

2) We share music together

I argue therefore, that the Ukulele is the perfect combination of shared interest and thoughtfulness, which is everything that a good gift should be. It's something beautiful, it brings joy, or brings people together...either way the great gift expresses how well you know the person in demonstrating that you know they would like (or even come to like, as was my case with the uke).

This year, as Eric and I were hashing out our long term plans for the winter months ahead, we got to the topic of Christmas wishes...

naturally joking around (as usual) we started sending pictures of our deepest Christmas desires.
I sent this...

(time together at a cute reclusive ski lodge)

Eric sent this...

...?

and then this

Well, at least he's honest! From what I can make of these pictures (to which I plan on ignoring the shiny sports car) we both seem to want some well deserved relaxation time together with friends and family (maybe even on a beach!..no? damn)....after all, an amazing relationship with a wonderful person, great friends, and loving family is the best gift that anyone could ever receive...

and I get that all year round :)

So I guess I'm just extra good all the time! ;)

(Me, Eric, Caroline, and my cousins at "Asiala Christmas" 2011)

Thanks Santa <3