I'm a little in shock that it's December 1st. Yes, I've been buying Christmas/Hanukkah presents since August (hey, when you see something you have to buy it because you may not be able to find it later), but December still snuck up on me. Maybe it was because I was out for a week or so due to my surgery, I'm not really sure. All I do know is that when I realized that the Monday after Thanksgiving was December 1st I had a little panic attack and now it's here.
I'm not sure why I'm so worried. It's not that I'm not ready, it's just that everything is happening so fast. I'm pretty sure I have all the gifts for the kids' teachers already, and I am quite possibly done shopping for the kids as well (I have to take inventory, there are gifts hidden everywhere and I'm pretty sure I'm not going to find them all), and I bought my Christmas cards in September (seriously, if you already have the picture you KNOW you are going to use and the card place is having a 55% off sale, why wouldn't you buy them early?), so there is very little need for pre-holiday stress.
We came home from a fantastic week in Florida for Thanksgiving. We did something new this year and spent the weekend before Thanksgiving with our friends Hugo and Nicole and their girls at a fantastic resort about 40 minutes from St. Augustine. Unfortunately we may have gone a little too far north because they got a cold spell that weekend and it was really cold. It didn't stop the kids from swimming in the lazy river and the unheated pools, but luckily there was a rather large hot tub swimming pool where they stayed warm. On Monday we headed down to Miami and spent five days with Charlie's family where his mom spoiled us with fantastic cooking and lots of candy and sugar cereal for the kids. They were in heaven. We left early Saturday morning which resulted in a very sleepy, lazy day on Saturday but also a chance to get our Christmas lights, trees and decorations up in time for December. Last year we didn't even put up the lights because the first half of December was so cold and by the time it wasn't too cold it wasn't worth it anymore.
So we are raring to go and I just have to get organized, which contrary to what my mother thinks is not my strong point lately. I have gotten on the lazy train and am not trying too hard to get off. Hence the reason I'm on it in the first place.
However, Christmas and Hanukkah are going to come regardless of whether or not I'm ready, so I choose to get ready. Thank God none of my kids are snoopers because my closet is filled with gifts (so full that you can't see the floor) that are very poorly hidden (like not at all) and barely in bags and the door is wide open because there is too much junk in front of it to close it. Those are the items that do not come from the big, fat, jolly man. I am a little better at hiding those.
Three more weeks of school and organized life and then chaos and mayhem ensue. I can get it together by then, really I can.
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