The season is far too short, for one. I mean really! How on earth is one supposed to accomplish all the baking, decorating, shopping, wrapping, festive events, dinners parties, and appreciate all the fun movies and fun times of this time of year all within twenty-five, give or take, days?!!! I can only speak for myself, but I like to sleep. Coffee can only take me so far before I start to get cranky and irritable and let's face it, I need to save my crankiness and irritability for my diet plans for the New Year.
Oh and I had no idea about all the more work is takes when one has children. In my mind, I had the idea, "Kids make the season great and magical and bring back the wonder of it all." Little did I know, while all that may be the case, there are friends and classmates and teachers and class parties and that means more things to prepare for more people. Who knew??!
Every year I think I am making head way. Every year I have plans to get things done and done ahead of time. Somehow my plans never pan out. I don't know why that is. Maybe I am just lazy and like the song goes, "Girls just want to have fun" and I make my fun and forget everything else. If that be the case, then so be it. If it isn't fun, then forget it!
If the wrapping is bit wrinkled and the bow askew, my apologies. If the cookies look crumbly, but taste great, then I have succeeded. If my children are covered in chocolate and are still bouncing off the walls at 9 p.m. then, great. January will come soon enough and there will be no candy, sadly, in sight. Let's determine to enjoy the season while it lasts. It is SUPER short! When I was a child, it felt like it lasted forever until Christmas came and now, as an adult, I have been making my lists and checking them twice since Thanksgiving and this morning, on our little Santa board, I wrote the number five. Five days until Christmas! Whoosh! It goes fast. So, in this short time, I am doing my best to not get overwhelmed and keep enjoying the short moments! So, if my only complaint is that it goes too fast because we are having too much fun, then that's not half bad, is it?
After reading this post, I have had a sudden revelation - I think this is the very reason why I start celebrating Christmas in September. Because when December rolls around I am too frazzled to completely enjoy it! And, I totally agree...didn't it feel like it lasted FOREVER when you were a child?? I miss those days!
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