It only took me a week to get some ornaments on the tree. I decided to leave most of the Christmas boxes unopened this year; I haven’t the energy for it.
No, I am not depressed. I really had hoped to end 2011 with a blaze of Christmas Spirit, more in honor of my mother who passed in 1995 than my dad (who never put up a tree after 1995 and who let the mice eat the rest of Mom’s Christmas stuff in the garage), but I got side-swiped by the flu.
I’m pretty sure it is/was the flu. The doctor’s office refused to set an appointment for me and told me to keep on doing what I have been doing for a week: plenty of fluids, rest, Vitamin C, steam… Ah, yes. I’ve only missed four full days of work and part of one day when I tried to go back to work too soon. But I am going back to work tomorrow. I simply have no more time off left. And I am bored out of my head.
Because my head felt like it was split in two, I have not wrapped my mind around Christmas gifts or cards (I did purchase cards to mail – woo hoo!), and am now in danger of being late for Christmas. Do you realize there are only two weeks left? I feel a certain urgency at hand, like where am I going to get Don’s present (and what am I going to get him)? And will I have time to ship?
And is it important?
No, when I think about it – it is not important. Just like the ornaments and decorations I left in the boxes in the attic, it makes no difference to the season or the celebration. I can be just as happy with little as I can be with much (it’s just that I like the MUCH part of Christmas so). No, what is important is family and friends and health.
Which brings me to the bestest Christmas present I will be getting this year.
It’s grainy, but that is a color sonogram of Baby Girl Presley due sometime next spring. She will be my sixth grandchild.
Excited, we are. Happy Christmas!
Jaci Dawn 
I just found out I’m getting my 6th grandchild in July! Woot!
Congratulations! How thrilling…I can imagine how excited you are! How excited everybody must be 🙂
With respect to Christmas, I’m in the same boat as you. I bought cards. None have been sent. My house is in a state of chaos as we renovate while living in it (no choice). I have two new kittens who are wreaking havoc and am considering not even putting up a Christmas tree this year. Unbelievable, I know. So I have been asking myself exactly the same question….does it really matter? Nope, it does not. It will still be Christmas, and I am grateful.
Thank you, Laurelle. I am excited.
As for Christmas… I think sometimes God just wants us to be low-key and to really think about it. 🙂
A new grandbaby is so exciting! We spent the first 11 days of December in New Orleans which really through a monkey wrench in my Christmas preps. I did manage to get the tree up before we left and ordered most of the gifts. Tonight I finally put most of the ornaments on the tree and David printed my Christmas newsletters. Still much to do but I refuse to stress over it. I’m having an asthma attach and my energy level is almost non-existent. But you know what? Christmas will still come anyway and I intend to enjoy it. Merry Christmas!
I’ve been following you on FB. 🙂 I knew you were having a blast. So nice to have you back, tho.