Anyone else there with me? Finishing up the last of the gifts I decided to make, and one or two of them are just not turning out right. My house is a mess, I have events/gatherings that I don't want to go to planned for the next three days...and then comes all the cooking and the packing. WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS? I wish I could just go to everyone and say STOP IT NOW! STOP ALL OF THIS AWFUL STUFF!

I feel like I am just going through the motions of everything. All the things that are supposed to feel fun feel like a chore. I love to cook, love to craft, etc., but all of it crammed into December....I'm just totally over it.

I'm also totally over gifts. Totally over giving them and receiving them as well. Right now, the best gift I could ever get would be an afternoon with no obligations, with my immediate family and no-one else. That is such a rarity this time of year, and I don't know why.

I am looking forward to Christmas Day through January 4. My husband will have some time off and we are going to visit both sides of my family. I can loosen up when I am around my family. I live close to my ILs and have many friends here, but I can never get comfortable enough around those people to truly enjoy the holidays with them. Plus, I will be away from the house, which is great because whenever I am at home, all I can think about is how everything is a mess and I am behind on everything I need to do.

I feel like I am an adult now that Christmas has officially become a drag.