Counting Down
We’ve already embarked on that Christmas Season classic tradition known as The Countdown. Link carefully counted days and created a chain for himself. Each morning he tears off a loop and is that much closer to Christmas. Gleek also has a chain. She made hers in Kindergarten, but mostly she just forgets to tear off loops then we have to count and catch up. I don’t think Kiki has a counting system this year, although she usually does. Patches can’t count past five, so he doesn’t have one either.
This year I have my own count down going. But I’m not counting down to Christmas day, I’m counting down until our departure for my parent’s house in California. I’m really looking forward to this trip. I hope the weather cooperates and lets us go. It has been a long time since I’ve had an away-from-the-house vacation. I’m also looking forward to the chance to re-experience some of the tradtions that enriched my childhood years. I have 14 days to go. Fortunately I have plenty of events between now and then to keep my mind occupied. Between homework and ward (church congregation) parties and holiday programs and the holiday mailing rush, I have many many things to do every day.
But none of my many things to do have the same nailbiting stressfullness of the book mailing, so it’s all good.