I have really been looking forward to my impending vacation. . . that was until I realized that between now and then nearly each of my beloved evenings and weekends is booked, booked solid. That doesn't leave any time for knitting, or watching Christmas movies, or relaxing in front of the tree, or padding around the house in my socks.
I seriously had to sit down and take deep breaths when I realized exactly how little down time I will have. I need my down time.
And some additional random thoughts:
-Big, bad winter weather is coming. They have been heralding it all week, arrival expected this evening. Love snow, hate driving in it.
-I love the holidays, but there is one thing that could drive me to drink regular Coke: cooking! Seems every single time I turn around there is some potluck or cookie trade or open house requiring me to bring some intricately prepared dessert or finger food. I don't cook. I can't cook. I won't cook. I literally begged my bestest friend in the whole wide world to make cookies for me to bring to an open house next week. I literally begged, borrowed and mooched to get those cookies. Thank you, Queen of Cool.
-My starter on my car is acting up just a little. (But my philosophy is let's take care of it while it's little and before it grows up to be a big bad problem.) December is the worst month for car issues: limited cash flow, time is even more limited, it's cold outside and well, limited cash flow. Cynical assures me that deep breaths will see me through the car crisis. (Note the overstatement and dramatizing of the situation. I was trained well.)
-I went to an open house at a yarn shoppe last night. I bought four skeins of beautiful stuff, which I will reveal later. I am in love with them all. I love them so much I may sleep with them, but not in that way. I also got lots of good old quality time with Kissed Knitter. If only employment and cash didn't get in our way, think of all the gabbing and knitting we would do.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Warnings: Calendars can cause panic attacks
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Good idea to get the car looked at now. Because you know it won't start when you are at the grocery or at work... Not when you are going to work in the morning and give you an excuse for a day to stay home.
Take deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out. You will make it through this...and maybe even sneek in a midnight viewing of It's A Wonderful Life.
And if it makes you feel any better, I haven't bought a single christmas present. not one. zilch. zip. nada.
I dread the front that's coming in. More than anything I'm scared of the storms that will bring it.
Don't you think they should enact a law that would make December TWICE as long? There's just not enough time after Thanksgiving to get ready for Christmas.
Or maybe we could take a few days from January, February, and March and add them into December and Voila! Time to breathe!
We are getting some car issues taken care of also. It must be an epidemic spreading through the family. Hopefully both of our problems are a big inconvenience and little cost.
I can totally relate. I'm frantically making a mental list of all the things I need to do in the next 25 days. (Coinsidentally, I just blogged about this, too!). But I'm in an odd situation becuase I'm up at the cabin, able to relax and pad around in my stockinged feet and watch wonderful Christmas movies, but I'm so anxious about all my 'to dos'. I did get a couple of Christmas presents at the cool local pharmacy today though.
ps: you're really gonna have a hard time convincing us you don't cook with that wonderfully delicious looking pecan pie you made for Thanksgiving. :)
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