Anxious

It's Wednesday, and I was so anxious all day for the workday to end so I could start my four-day weekend. Last year, my sister and I went shopping on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but I know I won't be doing that this year.

DD is sick with some sort of plague--again--and so she needs to rest. She should have stayed home from school today, because she said she felt awful and was coughing a lot, but we doctored her up with some Children's Tylenol and she went to school anyway. They got out early at 2pm, so at least she didn't have to sit through the entire day.

I think I'll just be taking it easy this weekend. We have two family gatherings to go to on TG day, and then another one on Sunday. I might go shopping on Saturday, if DD feels up to going along. I would like to get my Xmas shopping done for the kids in the family. I told everyone I was only buying for the kids this year, like it or lump it. :) I have no idea when we'll put up our Xmas decorations. DH usually gets that all organized but he's going to be working on Friday, so I have no clue.

Actually, I plan to take it easy this entire holiday season. Last year I went absolutely crazy, trying to buy stuff on Black Friday, and then feeling like I still hadn't gotten enough stuff. And then I had the post-buying guilt of buyer's remorse, and am still paying off stuff from last year. :) Then on Xmas Eve last year, I worked hard making several batches of homemade cookies that no one seemed to appreciate the next day at the family gatherings, so I decided that this year, when I make cookies, it's going to be a couple of batches of oatmeal cookies and that's it. Like it or lump it.