{"id":135589,"date":"2025-12-17T07:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=135589"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:27:23","slug":"lets-talk-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/17\/lets-talk-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning everyone, so who else is having a Calgon take me away moment?<\/p>\n

I must admit I woke up feeling overwhelmed with a very long list of to do\u2019s yesterday, and I decided I was going to designate a good chunk of the day, going out to various stores to start really making a big dent in my gift-buying list. As I started envisioning the crazy parking lots, the chaotic drivers, and often the impatient shoppers\u2026 I almost had an anxiety attack. Things have been hectic afterall since I lost 2 days being sick. So you better believe I have more than a few days “eating on the run”!<\/p>\n

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So then I started really thinking through my list and realizing that nearly everything\u2014with the exception of maybe one or two things\u2014could easily be purchased online, still within time frames to guarantee Christmas delivery. And just like that, I drove straight home, sat at my desk with my list, and started banging away at the keyboard. Before I knew it, I had several of my gifts purchased. This way they can be added to my storage room where boxes are starting to mount…..and lots of gift wrapping awaits.<\/p>\n

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But that was not before I was called to my nursing duties\u2014both my son and my daughter in law are sick. My daughter-in-law has some kind of a stomach virus, and my son has the flu. He had gone to a bachelor party, and sure enough, wouldn\u2019t you know\u2026 six of the people there got sick. So he feels like he\u2019s been hit by a Mack truck, and of course, who\u2019s delivering soup and everything else that someone with the flu needs? You guessed it.<\/p>\n

All of this is in between going to and from the office trying to check things off my Christmas list, finalizing some details for a party we\u2019re hosting this Friday, trying to make a dent in gift wrapping\u2026 and I already swore off getting Christmas cards going out in time. At this point, it will be a New Year\u2019s card\u2014just as good, and if anything, it might even mean more because they won\u2019t get lost in the shuffle of a flurry of holiday cards. My car doesn’t have\u00a0 another inch to fit anything else!<\/p>\n

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But let me tell you\u2026 in between doing soup and medicine runs and everything I\u2019ve already listed, I am starting to feel like one pooped little elf. Thankfully my own virus (or whatever I had) was very short-lived\u2026 but I\u2019m starting to feel like I\u2019m burning the candle at both ends. And I know that\u2019s when you have to be careful about immune system protection\u2014especially because I don\u2019t know about where you are, but over here I\u2019m hearing about people being sick almost on the hour. It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n

And honestly, it might sound odd, but sitting down and writing this is unbelievably cathartic.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the funny part\u2026 as I completed what felt like a Herculean\u00a0 task list of so many different things all in the span of six or seven hours, I realized maybe I need to admit to myself that I actually thrive on doing all of this last minute. Because inevitably every holiday season, I find myself in the exact<\/em> same predicament\u2014despite the vows I make in August to start much earlier (that seems to never quite happen). If you open any of my car doors, you will be met with a carload of gifts, things from my warehouse, bags of groceries, perhaps a pie or two, dry cleaning, you name it..it just might be there! Even Phillip’s carseat is not off limits!<\/p>\n

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So I started thinking\u2026 maybe somehow this is the method to my madness. Maybe this is how I get it all done. I\u2019m not quite sure\u2014definitely a work in progress. Can anyone else relate or am I alone? I cannot tell you however, after this said day, how wonderful it was to come home and give my bed my special turndown service…..never was I so happy to be home! OK, question is can you relate to any of it? Would love to hear what your holiday pace is like. Wishing you a great day, until nest time….<\/p>\n

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