be wrapped up

Tonight I went to visit my oldest friend Emilee. I've known her since pre-school, we went to school together all the way from kindergarten on up to grade 12. Her family has a cottage beside my aunt and uncles. She's my mom's massage therapist. Needless to say, we've been through our ups and downs - any friendship that long has but yet we're still friends. Since we both lead very busy lives, sometimes we go a while without seeing each other, but we try to fit each other in as much as possible. She is truly an awesome person and I love her. I am really going to miss her when I move to SC but I'll be back for her wedding this summer.

I got sidetracked - shocking i know ;) When I was over at Em's tonight for our grey's anatomy fix, I noticed she had christmas presents - wrapped and ready to go. Wrapping presents is one thing that I'm OCD about. I just am. A total perfectionist. Alex doesn't even like to wrap my christmas presents for me because he knows how particular I am - even though I would rather him do his best than to stress over it. I'm really only OCD about presents that I wrap. Side tracked again. She had some of hers wrapped, which made me realize I need to GET ON with my Christmas shopping. I still have a ton of people to buy for and a month to get it done.

Anyway, Christmas is upon us - and my pic for today - Christmas all wrapped up.

The title for today's post is actually 2-fold. The presents are all wrapped up in the picture but I was also talking to a friend today about how we can get so wrapped up in our own lives that forget to stand back and remember the bigger picture. I have been so wrapped up in immigration crap and wedding planning and trying to figure out how to pack up my life. But really I need to stop being wrapped up in little things and focus on the big picture. I'm happy, I'm healthy, I'm getting married in 6 weeks to an amazing man, I have some amazing friends and family, and honestly, everything else is just details. There are a few people, who I used to consider friends, who could gain a lot from stepping back and stop being so wrapped up in themselves and their details.