To say I've been crazy busy would be an understatement at this point. Each day has become a 'to-do' list, with time simply disappearing before enough items have been checked off. I had somehow concluded that once my husband returned from deployment there would be this blissful, relaxing period, when I could do things like read or blog or whatever involved me sitting on the couch doing nothing. In my pregnancy cluttered mind, I neglected to realize his arrival was two weeks before the beginning of the holiday season. The down time I had envisioned became so crazy, that I begged for at least one day home... to do absolutely nothing. By the way, I'm still waiting for that to happen.
He returned and the list of undone household items were tackled and his days off are a blur. My sister arrived a week before Thanksgiving for a ten day stay... during those ten days we had a (long overdue) birthday bash for our Caelan's 4th birthday (which is actually in December which is why it's been difficult to give her the kind of party her sisters have received... and she was acutely aware of this), our usually scheduled busy-ness of dance (and now gymnastics), a doctor's appointment, lab work, grocery shopping, a ton of baking and cooking for the big day and the usual cleaning and laundry. At this point I should say that it's a good thing I'm so far along in my pregnancy that I can't see my feet because I'm pretty sure they would be screaming at me if I had made eye contact. Then Thanksgiving and Black Friday (yes, I'm crazy, but it was SO MUCH FUN). Then Friday and Saturday were the last two days with my sister, so we shopped some more and visited Valley Forge.
Last week, was the basic schedule, but add some more Christmas shopping (I'm almost done... woohoo!). The weekend brought another event hosted at our home... so more cleaning and cooking. Oh, yes, and somewhere in there we got our tree and decorated the house for Christmas. Sunday was the Christmas party for my husband's work and we galloped right into today with more laundry and an additional two hours of dance class. Caelan began dance today and Evelynn is in the Christmas program that will be on Saturday. Whew. On a good day (i.e. when I'm not pregnant) I live by my daily lists. I love making them and accomplishing them. These days, I forget my lists, leave things off or have so many jotted notes to myself it drives me crazy... and then there's the actual undertaking of the lists that do survive. Yeeeeaaaahhhh, that would be nice. On the bright side, it's almost Christmas and I'm staying home, snug, warm and untraveled, and I have a nice vision of doing nothing until February when this little boy joins the family. But then there's the undecorating of Christmas and getting ready for a newborn.........
