A blog by Cameron and Shannon

My Christmas tree is NOT up, due to a last-minute overnight to Chattanooga on Friday, my complete and utter failure to recall that our company Holiday Parties were on Saturday and Sunday nights, and the fact that I got a cold that hit bigtime on Friday night-Sunday (why can’t these come during the work week, when I could at least take a couple sick days? Or at least on a weekend when there aren’t TWO parties to attend.)

Also, my house is not spotless as planned; rather, our need for a laundry room/at least a good sturdy set of hampers has made itself quite clear in the form of our sorted laundry piles exploding all over our bedroom. Exacerbating the extreme heartache over this topic is that I have seriously been planning a “complete huge spotless house cleaning” since about September and have never finished for one reason or another.

Furthermore, we are officially Out of Closet Space in our apartment. Therefore, the shoe closet is also the Christmas gift storage space until I get said tree up. My apologies if your gifts smell a bit like shoes and/or feet. I’ve just kind of been tossing the shopping bags and delivery boxes in there.

It should go without saying that I have made neither cookies nor chili, because those are reserved for Tree Decorating, which has not happened. Maybe it will on Thursday?

I’ve also not sent Christmas cards, because we’ve not taken a Christmas picture, because that happens in front of the tree.

Currently, I am combatting tears when thinking of the fact that my Christmas tree will likely go up a week later than planned, rushed on some weeknight, while I am in the middle of a cold and really not feeling all about it, just like last year.

Top that off with the fact that (while I am VERY thankful for my lovely job) I added NINETEEN to-do items to my list THIS MORNING (and I don’t mean my personal to-do list) - and that I just realized I thought I had read all my email but did not scroll UP all the way, thus revealing 20 unread emails - and I am on the edge, people. THE EDGE.