Now that my insane in-laws have left (after almost killing Thing2 by leaving a bottle of HEART MEDICINE in a non-child-proof bottle on the floor... what 2 year old can resist playing with THAT? Idiots!) I feel the pressure of the Christmas season weighing down upon me.
I enjoy the decorations, but hate putting them up and taking them down.
Love eating the cookies and Christmas goodies, but never have time to make them.
Christmas cards? OH MY GOD, I FORGOT TO GET MY CARDS! Shit.
And, by the way, my oven is on the fritz, my husband is mad at me for some unknown reason and is giving me the 'silent treatment', and my kids need flu shots.
Lots of little things, pretty trivial all in all, but it is making me Grinchy.
Sometimes, I wish we could have a do-over on the month of December. First, the crazy, stressful month, and then we could have a redo and just relax and enjoy.
Am I the only one stressing out? Are you? Yes, I know I need to just surrender to the spirit of the month and just go with the flow, but it's very hard.
What are your tricks for having a relaxed December? I need any suggestions I can get!
1 comment:
Poor Infomatrix, I wish I could be there to cheer you up. I'll have to send you something.
I totally know how you feel about the holiday decorations. I sort of enjoy putting them up, but taking them down is nigh on to a fate worse than death.
As for all the other holiday hoo-ha, I've just let a lot of it go. Mercifully, I don't have any bunch of family to worry about. I only have a few dear friends that I give gifts to. (BTW Info, yours will be late, I'm going to get it in Vegas when I go on the 20/21/22 of December.)
Christmas cards? Gave them up. Again, only key people get them...maybe. I used to send them out to all the obscure relatives, but after my mother passed, I let them go. They never contact me, so why should I bother?
Don't know what to tell you about USMCman...I can't imagine what he'd have to be mad at YOU about! He's probably just still stressed over his parents having been there. Maybe he's directing that onto you? I say, enjoy the quiet time while you can--he'll get over it!
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