I am long-accustomed to being a very tired Mama when the holiday break rolls around. But this fall has been one hell of a semester (see: Sandy, Hurricane) and as winter break finally loomed on Monday, I found myself struggling mightily to reach the finish line. December is usually a crazy, busy month in my life and this year is no exception. Each day this past week I got up to a long list of tasks that must be accomplished before I could crawl back in bed and I moved through the day attempting to succeed. At one point, JT asked what we planned to do on Friday and I replied that we'd deal with Friday when it arrived. Until then, I was on a day-to-day plan. Quite frankly, sometimes it was just hour-to-hour. Break arrived on Thursday evening and it is most welcome.
I still have plenty of small details to wrap up before Christmas Eve but I am closing in on getting those tasks done. Most of them are actually things I look forward to and now that alarm clocks have been turned off and daily lessons set aside, it is a happy prospect to have packages to wrap and holiday food to prepare.
Yesterday, we went to the market to secure the holiday feast. Today is set aside for making some (more!) cookies and wrapping some packages. If I play my cards right, I may even find time to read a book and have a nap. That's happy!
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