I don't know how many times I have to say it people, but at our house, Christmas is dead.
It's not like I'm happy about it - I used to love Christmas. I love giving presents. I love eating food. I love drinking. Christmas = awesome.
But when we bought this business, it was clear that Christmas from now til forever would be non-existent. It is our biggest time of year. We cannot travel. We spent 15 hours on Christmas day last year visiting kitties cleaning their poopers and serving them Fancy Feast. We had club sandwiches for lunch. They were good.
This year I am struggling to keep it together - we are about 400x more busy this year, and although we have help this time, scheduling is complicated, and anxiety is high. SB bought a tree on the weekend, but I don't want to decorate it. I know this hurts his feelings, but the tree stresses me out. So we have had an empty tree in our living room for five days. I haven't mailed any of the gifts we bought. I can't think of one thing I want to get SB for Xmas - I think it's the first time I've asked him for a list and actually needed it.
So, here is a message to everyone:
I'm sorry I'm a grinch. But I am. And that's that. If I thought about all the yummy treats and nog and slush I'm missing out on, I think I wouldn't make it through. So bah to nog.
But don't worry - I have your gifts. Hopefully I will get around to mailing them this week. And they might even get wrapped too.
1 comment:
It's not that you're missing out on it, you're just using your time differently than most other people. There's a lot of pressure at Christmas to do/want/eat/have things, but those closest to you should understand that this is the way your life is.
The upside to all this, is that your business if clearly booming! Perhaps in the foreseeable future, you can have adequate staff/assistances/office managers who can take off some of this pressure from you.
Cindy Lou Hoo Hoo (hehe) out!
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