Just breathing

or at least trying to.

Christmas is way too close. 15 days away now. The only decorations that are going up this year (at least at this point) is the tree and a few random snowman knicknacks that the girls put up. Will has already put the totes back away and I don't plan to drag them out again until it is time to put stuff up.

I need to do way too much wrapping. Or at the very least get things ready for the girls to wrap up for me. I need to get a package sent off to Veronica in AZ before too much longer, need to make a couple more cards to mail out, buy more holiday stamps, finish up a few holiday projects or put them away until next year.

Dad is having back surgery tomorrow and due to the calves still being here and needing to be fed constantly (feels like it) I won't be able to be there for it. I hope to go down to Nashville for awhile tomorrow after the morning chores are done but will have to play that one by ear.

The new nerve medication I am on (my happy pills) aren't near as calming as my other ones were, but the $4 price tag more than makes up for that. I can't see shelling out $130 a month just for one little pill and that was with insurance.

I have so many things going on that nothing is getting done. I signed up for Shimelle's Journal your Christmas class and haven't even downloaded the first prompt yet, made my Daily December book and took some pictures the first few days of the month but haven't done a thing with that either. My daily gratitude journal hasn't been updated since election day. I just have to not worry about it and keep chugging on. There is always another day and next year will be here sooner than we think it will.

I am super stoked about the Life Well Crafted class that will start January at Big Picture. I have most of one pre-class assignment done, just have to punch some holes to put the pages in the binder, and then the other project is easy to put together and should go smoothly when I can sit and finish it up. Really ready to start the new year with a positive outlook on my daily life.

Well, off to putter around. Mom and Dad will be leaving for Nashville in a couple of hours and I need to go and visit a little. Chloe doesn't know it yet but she is staying with us while they are gone. Should prove to be interesting at the very least.