I found myself whining about the fact that I had to work today, until I realized that these 8 hours are the only time there will be calm in my life for the next 48 hours.
We started our “Christmas-ing” yesterday and we will carry on through January 6. It’s just these first few days of Christmas that are crazy.
This morning, my children were nestled, snug in their beds, while I donned my coat, my scarf and hat on my head and trudged off to the office and PC went out to finish up the last minute, “Oh My GOD! I forgot ________,” shopping. It is a rather quiet day at the office and though I’m bored off my rocker, I’m relishing the calm and quiet.
The chaos and lack of structure of the holiday hopping (hopping from one relative on one side of the family to the next on the other side), is rough on us all, but when you throw in a child on the autism spectrum, it’s even rougher on them. SmallBoy, though we’ve only done one Christmas gathering, was having a difficult time yesterday, but only for a short while. The anticipation, practicing patience, not having a tight schedule to follow is a lot to ask, even of our fantabulous SmallBoy.
Stressing and being on the constant watch for a difficult situation on the rise, plus running around, trying to plan the kid transfer at the right time, amusing bored teenagers (no offense family, they’re teenagers, they get bored as a general rule), staying up til 2am after attending Midnight Mass to finish the gift wrapping… Wow! I’m so exhausted from writing that sentence that I can’t remember where I was going with it.
Back to work at 7:30 on Wednesday morning, though sadly too early, may very well be just what the Sanity Fairy ordered. Sure, it means getting up, exhausted from the day before, ripping my body from the snuggly warm comfort of my bed and throwing it into the cold air that is my old drafty house, but that’s no different than any other day, right? There’s coffee at the office. I may need to indulge in more than one cup, though.
Happy Holidays!
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