Christmas is almost here. Last week that phrase served only to intensify the feeling of panic that was building within me... This week I have organized myself into what could comparably be considered a state of zen. OK, perhaps not, but I do have my shopping list virtually completed (Radio Shack and HEB is it!) and just have a bit of assembly to complete. The house is definitely ready for Christmas, even if not all of our occupants are (you know who you are). In fact, yesterday I encountered Brown Santa while I was watering our cyclamen and what to my wondering eyes did appear? A fancy hotrod pedal car for Alastair. Kim and I are being VERY good and leaving the box alone, at least until Christmas eve when we will have to figure out if there is assembly required... Since there is a bold FORD on the box, this has Papa Bowling written ALL over it. And if Alastair doesn't like it, I expect to find Kim wheeling up and down the sidewalk making "vroom" noises.
I am also throwing in a picture of us at the Mustang Christmas party (looking a bit like we are part of a wedding party). Alastair slept over at his Grammie and Papa's and it was the first time Kim and I got to sleep in for over 15 months. Of course, I still woke up at 7:15, but found a bandanna to tie around my eyes and I was off again to the land of nod. Heaven.
I hope that you find yourself at the end of your "have-to's" so that you can enjoy all the "want-to's" that come with this time of year. I try to remember my old pal Wordsworth whenever I am getting panicky about the relentless march of days and the to-do list that keeps getting longer and longer, like when I am standing in line somewhere with a child that was done ten minutes ago. "Getting and spending we lay waste our powers," he wrote, "Little we see in nature that is ours." The Christmas translation: take time to see yourself in your family and friends this week, and don't lose the light of the season in all the "have-to's." Merry Christmas!
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