It’s the Monday before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature is stiring, not even a mouse. That is totally not true. I am a mess, feel gulithe kids are full of energy from I don’t know where and I haven’t gotten 2/3 of what I wanted to get done, done.
Cookies, cards, food shopping, putting up the wreaths, the list goes on. These are all things I HAVEN’T done. I feel terrible, especially about not getting the holiday cards out but we are not the type to get professional photographs taken to put in holiday cards so atleast I don’t feel like we’ve wasted a ton of money. I plan on mailing the cards Tuesday so they will get to the recipients by Friday.. maybe. At least this way our card will stand out from the rest when it arrives after Christmas rather than before Christmas when all of the other cards arrive.
I planned on baking gingerbread cookies to give to our neighbors and just as I expected I am trying to convince myself that it’s not necessary just to get out of making the cookies. One more thing to feel bad about.
Why am I doing, or not doing, all of this? To answer my question to myself, it’s because I feel like my life is hectic enough and I shouldn’t be unrealistic this year. I always make cookies, and send out holiday cards but this year it seems different. Like I just don’t have the time or energy to put into these things.
Here is my promise to myself.
I am going to do at least one thing.. send out holiday cards or make gingerbread cookies, by Tuesday the 23rd. I know it’s a little late, but like the saying goes, it’s better late than never. I’ll have the cookies to the neighbors Wednesday instead of Monday like I planned and those who get our holiday cards Friday or Saturday shouldn’t be too upset that our card came a little late.
Maybe I am too hard on myself, maybe not.
I don’t know what’s normal for most parents. Some moms make doing all of these things look so easy. I wonder though, if they are stressed just as much or more than I am.
We can’t see what other’s lives are like so we can’t assume. Just because the neighbor with four kids have their Christmas lights up, their wreaths on their windows, and sent me their Christmas card doesn’t mean it was easy, right?
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