Just a few days left with the kids home. This year was only the 2nd year (of the past 6) that lilbuckjr and his sister weren’t here to open presents on Christmas. (Remind me to tell you about the first – that’s for another post.) It never really feels like Christmas now without them here. As much as I LOVE waking up in the middle of the night to put out presents–always forgetting the cookies and having to make something up last minute–this year I missed doing that.
I mean, you only get so many Christmas mornings, right?
So we celebrated Christmas Day with my mom & sister’s family, and then celebrated again on Sunday when the kids were here. It was overwhelmingly meh, despite our best efforts to keep the kids cheery, which was disheartening. Twenty minutes of opening presents and that was that. Practically had to beg for a simple “Thank you.” I guess they are just at that age now (10 & 13).
In any case, now sister has been gone to a friend’s house for a couple of days; lilbuckjr is in-and-out playing with his friends; and the chef and I are back to work. I’ll admit, Monday when they were all home, I was totally overwhelmed. I get that way on short work weeks to begin with. Coupled with all the noise and commotion…. I was a wreck!
And now it’s almost that time. Back to school on Tuesday. Back to our regular schedule. I will admit that can’t complain about the freedom & quiet time during the week: confessions of a workaholic. AND we do have a great schedule with the kids since we see them every weekend & all summer long which is more than most joint custody arrangements get.
What’s dreaded the most about it is we go back to dealing with the not-so-fun stuff. You know what I mean.
