11 Sleeps ‘Till Christmas
I’m panicking. Are you panicking??? I sure am, I think I already said that. Just in case you didn’t quite get it the first few times. I’M PANICKING!!!!!
I have so much to do, and so little time to do it. Only 11 more sleeps ’till Christmas, and I only have 2 more days until the kids are home all day! YIKES!! What am I going to do? I think I have my shopping almost all done, except for a few things, but I’m really not sure. I seem to have left my brain somewhere. It is currently not in my head. How do I know this???
Well, I am usually a very level-headed, organized, calm individual. I can have 400 lists in stored up in my brain, and pull any of them out to peruse at will. Kind of like a computer. At this point, I think I have had a power surge that shorted something out. I have absolutely no access to the calm, rational, organizational side of my brain. It’s all mush! One big nasty, sloppy, messy bit of mush. I know this because it’s leaking out of my ears. Well, maybe not out of my ears, but definitely out of my nose. It’s freaking me out to some extent because I have a lot of things to plan, and absolutely no way to accomplish that.
I need to finish shopping, finish up the stockings, plan Christmas dinner, clean my house, organize play dates for my kids for next week, figure out how to get together with my sister-in-law and her kids, have my sister’s kids over for a sleep over, plan presents and a card for the kids teachers, bake a little bit more baking, plan a HUGE family party(I think I still have my list from last year when I was calm and organized) for New Year’s Day……the list goes on and on and on.
So, enough about that,…….How are you? What’s new in your life? Not sure if this approach works, but some of my best friends use it(the “avoid and deny” plan of attack – I’ve heard it works amazingly well) and I thought maybe I’d give it a try. Can’t be much different that what I’m doing right now? I feel like I walk from room to room in my house with no sense of purpose or direction. Picking up and touching random things hoping that somehow everything will magically get done…….Does it work?
I guess I’ll let you know. One way or another Christmas is coming whether I finish everything or not. Hmmmmm, That sounds scary! Well, hope you’re have an easier time planning your life out than I am.
p.s. Jon,(add your name if it applies) is this how you live your life? Is this what it’s like inside your head? I don’t know if I can handle this much longer. I gotta figure something out. THIS IS NUTS!
December 15th, 2005 @ 4:11 am
Ya, I have lots of lists in my head, too. I’ve taken to writing some of them down.. because it’s easier to lose them instead of trying to forget them.
lol.
No, seriously. In my head I have the fact I am currently hungry, random bunches of html and php code, a few niggling business strategy’s that I am considering to implement but need more thought/development, the fact I am currently hungry, wondering where I’m going to get more wood for our fireplace, the fact I am currently hungry, and a bit of guilt for not updating my blog in a long while. Oh ya, and I think I’m hungry.
But then, my life is simple and I don’t have a whack of kids or a big family who likes to get together for parties.
You know, it sounds like you could use some time away from the house. I’ll see what I can do. If you get hit by a bus and end up in the hospital (private room), then don’t blame me. That’s not what I meant.
December 15th, 2005 @ 10:25 am
hey Henri what is your blog btw???
well me, yes I am as random as they come. I have many lists in my head that I pick from as I remember them!!
I have been feeling overwhelmed this year myself and I think that is mostly from being sick just WAY too much in the last couple of weeks. To top it off thinking of buying/selling houses is an extra thing that I seem to add to my already stacked brain. Sometimes I think I must “get off” on the drama and craziness that is my life?!!!?
I got a big chunk of my shopping done last night with one of my sisters, and realized after 3 hours on my feet that I still have more than half to do, crap! I have more baking to do, cook a turkey this Saturday for our church’s banquet, have the Christmas production on Sunday (which I wrote and am FREAKING out about, dreaming about, constantly thinking about). I have a bunch of crafts that I started making people for Christmas and haven’t finished. Teacher’s presents/cards to finish. Cook a turkey and cabbage rolls for Christmas day and I am sure there is more, this is all my brain is giving me access to right now!!!!
Somehow every year everything gets done and the day comes and goes and I say to myself whew, next year I am not going to take on so much, and then here I am a year later!!!!……… so……… like I said drama and craziness, it is my addiction.
December 15th, 2005 @ 11:29 am
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Why is a time that is supposed to be for peace, reflection and relaxation turned into a hurricane of frenzy? (What does holiday mean anyway?) DO we put this stress on ourselves? Would it still be Christmas if we slept in, ate sandwiches, and played Settlers? What if the house wasn’t perfectly clean when guests came over? Because we decided to spend those few precious hours with our family or perhaps getting some much needed sleep. Would the guilt of not being perfect KILL US? Who knows…I have to go clean my house!
December 15th, 2005 @ 12:17 pm
Debbie LOL!! too true girlfriend!!