Last night I slept between my teammate Ashlee and one of our contacts, Rachel. Christmas eve was filled with an appetizer dinner, White Elephant gift exchange and many Christmas movies. We covered the livingroom floor of the apartment we’re staying at with couch cushions and mattresses and piled on ¬-11 of us sleeping in one room. We woke in the morning to stockings full of goodies and exchanged our secret Santa gifts. Don has been holding the Full-Sized football I gave him all day. It’s like we’re all 7 years old again. The excitement of Christmas is back, even though, just yesterday morning, I anticipated this years festivities to be anti-climactic and sad without my family. It turns out this year was just the opposite and actually reminded me of the days when my sister and I would spend the night with our cousins under the Christmas tree. I still miss my family and friends back home, but God softened the painful lonely blow by giving me a new family to spend the time with this holiday season.
Here’s a little video to give you a better idea of what my day has been like!
Christmas Day … World Race Style from Kendra Baird on Vimeo.
