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Okay, so it wasn't a HORRIBLE Christmas. It just really wasn't what I had in mind as to how I was going to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I didn't get to go visit my mother in Ohio, but I DID get to attend the 2:00 Christmas Eve service at my church. I was excited about this because I put in a lot of work on the service and wasn't going to get to enjoy the fruits of my labor. So it would've been pretty much like last year. A lot of people were surprised and happy to see me at the service. In fact, a few people even invited me to join them on Christmas Day so I wouldn't have to be alone. So I spent most of my time alone, but it wasn't horrible. And tonight I headed down to Nashville, TN, to get ready for the EDGE conferences in North Carolina this week. When I arrived, Ben, Craig, and Craig's wife - Brittany went to the "chop suey joint" for dinner. When I walked in, I felt like it was "A Christmas Story"... Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

So, even though I didn't get to be with my family for Christmas, I survived. You could almost say I just about "skipped Christmas" altogether.