Not Ready for Christmas
The tree has been decorarted, 98% of the presents have been bought, 99% of the Christmas cards have been sent out (which is a record for me). But even with that done, I still feel majorly unprepared for Christmas. I still have cookies to bake, TONS of presents to wrap and food to prepare. I know that I still have a weekend to get all of it done, but I know it’s going to be a pretty busy weekend. Well, at least I have Christmas Eve Day off!
Even with all of that said, I’m feeling the Christmas spirit. It gives me something to concentrate on other than work stress. Having Ben around has made it all the more wonderful. Every night we have our own little tree lighting ceremony (too lazy to find the timers in storage) and there’s a dramatic countdown, the tree lights are plugged in, and Ben says, “Wooooow! Tree!” When we drive around at night, whenever he sees a house lit up with Christmas lights, he points and says, “Ohhhhhh!” and then babbles for minutes after that, no doubt telling me about how cool the house is. Moments like that I realize how wonderful and precious life is, and how much I adore my little boy.
So even though I’m not prepared for Christmas coming, I can’t wait til it gets here. Things will be a little different this year - don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing, but I guess life changes and you just gotta go with the flow. Another positive thing with Christmas - no one does crap the week of Christmas, so I should be able to breathe easy and get a little R & R next week.
Beautiful picture. I still have the presents to wrap and with yet another winter storm coming tomorrow I’ll have plenty of time to get them wrapped then.
Every Christmas for the next several years with Ben will be so enjoyable for you. The picture you sent was adorable.
Merry Christmas!!
my clients like to do stuff the week of Christmas all the way until New Years. they love to do that to us!
i’m all for R&R, too. i’m glad you’re finally getting some! you’ve been having some pretty late nights (early mornings).
It’s nice to take time to reflect on the small things at this time of year - enjoying seeing your little boy get excited about Christmas lights is a wonderful memory!!