oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree, my bank card is tired and i have to pee
The neglected christmas list is neglected no more. I have been shopping. Yesterday I shopped for seventy four hours straight. I had to have the actual hours within a twenty four hour period extended in order to accomplish that but I did it because I am committed to getting this thing done.
By 9 o’clock last night I was seriously considering turning Buddhist. But then I realzed I’d probably have to do a lot of reading before they let me join and bah, I don’t have time for reading.
I always think it won’t be so bad but every year, you know what? It’s even worse. I’ve never been an early Christmas shopper. By sister in law Janet is and I always laugh at her. She’s so anal. She can’t just relax.
She is now sending me regular emails counting down the seconds until Christmas morning. Which is only making me think I have mroe seconds than I do because DUH, the stores aren’t open ALL of those seconds!
I have to admit I’m getting stressed. Dinner is here this year and the house is a disaster. Did I mention Madison is done school for the season? Which means I have no actual time to do anything but answer her when she says, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM forty five thousand times a minite. I do that and argue with Dan. Just because he’s there and it’s all I have time for.
I shouldn’t fret though because it’ll all get done. But maybe only because I fret. If I just sit back and go ach, whatever I have a funny feeling we’ll have a pretty sad Christmas morning and a right awful dinner that night. It’s the anxiety that makes it happen. It’s the anxiety that makes me feel alive.
I’ve only got one thousand and four presents left to buy, all the food, tons of baking to do and a house to de-bombify, but other than that, I’m on target. You?
I am **so** on target for christmas!
I am mostly ignoring Christmas this year. That’s the joy of coming from a family of a different culture- maybe I missed out on 6 or 7 years of the magic of Santa Claus, but now I have my whole adult life to relax and not run around for my family in December. (Except that so many of them have December birthdays… but that’s another story.)
If you weren’t such a giving person you wouldn’t have to shop so damn much! Just have Dan throw on a prime rib, get the side items ready to throw in the oven the next day and you’re all set!
Did you know they have services that will actually come to your house and wrap all your presents FOR you? Make Dan pay for that. What a time saver!
Oh hell, have glass of wine, sit down, relax….answer Madison’s questions and whatever happens, happens. Christmas is about the kids (well, and “the reason” for many others).
What I’m saying is it’ll all be okay. ‘Kay?
I’m stressed with you. Stressed I said. Like, really really stressed. Which should be weird because it’s just us this year. My parents and sisters and us. No pressure right? HAHAHAHA!