This will definitely be my last Christmas. I think that's why I'm able to actually enjoy it this year. I know I'll never have to go through this again, EVER. There is an end in sight and it's feeling so good to know it's there, it's coming, and I have total control over when it happens. And not just the end of Christmas, but the end of everything, all the BS of life will be over with soon.
Once the holidays are over, I'm going to focus very hard on getting all of my preparations done so that I can get ready to get out of here ASAP.
At this point, the only things determining when I leave will be how long it takes me to get a few things tied up, and if my husband's family decide to come and visit in January like they're threatening to. If they actually show up, it will push my ctb up. If I have to leave behind loose ends in order to get out of here before they come to visit, so be it. I'm really hoping that, once again, they're bluffing and they're not going to show up. If that's the case, I should have a little longer to tie up some loose ends and be out of here by the end of January or definitely by February.
I was planning on January 3rd, but now it's looking like I'm not going to be able to make that deadline, so I pushed it back a little bit.
I definitely don't want to be here past February though because then all the birthdays and so on start and I'm never going to have a month that is going to be free of some special day or something. February will be my last chance until summer. I don't want to spend another summer here.