I was looking forward to a nice dinner with the kids, then talking about what holiday traditions/activities they wanted to repeat/add/drop. I am trying to follow Flylady and cruising through the holidays so I don't get all overwhelmed.
Sounds good, right? S14 had other ideas. He was grumpy and tired from watching the ball game the night before. Just miserable. I should never have caved, and he is not watching it tomorrow. Too tired to do anything I asked him, just stuck his face into the computer for a few hours (I HATE farmville!) Neither of them would eat the roast beef. D10 was better but distracted with beading and making up songs. So, I planned some things myself while we sat together at the table.
And having to work around holidays is just sucky. I keep telling myself that they are only numbers on a calendar - we can have our holiday any day we want. That helps a bit. But it was lopsided this year, anyway. Still not sure how he ended up with Easter, July 4th, Halloween, Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve this year. But my big thing is having the kids wake up here for Christmas morning (D still wants to believe in Santa, and its probably the last year).
Just a crappy end to a crappy day...we had all-day PD at school, with more than 2 hours wasted and then another 4 frustrating as we tried to write curriculum. Blech.
All that makes me look around at all that has to be done, then woe-is-me wants to slide in that I have to do it all alone, beating myself up for not having it all done, etc. Nipped that in the bud, but know that it comes out when my mood goes down.
Bed early - some days are just good to bring to a close sooner rather than later.
