If Agency life isn't crazy enough...throw in the holidays

So if our lives working in agencies (crazy hours) and being moms (24/7) - go ahead and throw in the holidays!! It's like someone said - let's make things EXTRA fun and EXTRA interesting. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't thrive off of the craziness even more.

This year the craziness started earlier this month with my son learning how to climb. And when I say "climb", I mean getting up onto things and then falling his way off. Which has definitely made life interesting. He comes home from daycare every day with some new bump or bruise and somehow wakes up with new ones in the morning. We can't let him out of our sight....even for a second. Or else he ends up chewing on our iphone cords or hanging out in the dog's cages - which would be fine if he didn't try to eat their bedding.

Anyway, things at work are crazy with clients trying to cram everything in before the holidays. Of course wit's the "see how much we can fit in" before they all go on vacation (because of course we agency people never really get a thing called vacation). We are going through all the last-minute meetings, concerns, etc that makes our job really fun.

On top of work and taking care of my son, throw in the holiday parties, get togethers, cocktail hours, etc. And of course we decide to have friends over for a get-together as well. And we can't forget all the time shopping for gifts (from the toy store to the liquor store) and then the pain of wrapping and shipping everything. This is also why we go to visit Santa at 5:30 p.m. on a random Tuesday - because it's the only time we can find to squeeze it in. (Which actually worked to our favor because who the hell goes to see Santa at that time???)

And if we weren't short enough on time, we decided to go to New York for the day on Saturday to do some shopping and see some friends who are moving down south. Because of course we have to do it now. And on Sunday we are having our get-together so we can see our friends who we consider family and have quality holiday time with them.

I'm not going to lie and say that I don't love it. But I'm not going to lie when I say I can't wait for the actual holiday to get some R&R. Because we decided this year to opt-out of the festivities for the actual holiday. That we are going to spend it at home - just the 3 of us. The way God intended it. In peace and quiet. With our Christmas lasagna and presents we actually asked for. Who could ask for anything more?? Ok so I'm asking for a real vacation without having to work between Christmas and New Year's - but one can always dream, can't we???