Merry Christmas

Today was... interesting. As Christmases go, it wasn't the best, although I wasn't really expecting it to be. The kids were excited, I suppose, but the overall ambiance wasn't that great. It snuck up on me this year, in a big way. And I guess I've been pretty depressed lately, so it's been hard to get into the spirit - I never quite managed it. I hardly took any pictures. There are whole sections of things I missed. In my defense, it was a little chaotic, thanks mostly to Lorelei, but, still, I didn't bring my A game, by any stretch of the imagination. I slept most of this afternoon. I spent tonight making food for tomorrow (Christmas with my family). And I let the girls stay up way too late (11:15!!) so they'll probably not do all that well tomorrow. I just can't seem to get my head screwed on straight these days. I am mildly excited for tomorrow. I hope I can get the food made right and everything else done that I want to get done before people show up. Bob has to go to Target first thing in the morning. I'm hoping he'll take at least Lorelei with him - maybe Maggie too, since she's perpetually getting the shaft around here. It would make my job a lot easier, especially since Liam will go down for a nap before everyone gets here. With just Molly I should be able to get a lot accomplished pretty quickly. Well, the camera is done downloading, so I should go to bed. I've cheated so much on my diet this week - my belly isn't feeling very well... starting next week I'm going back to being REALLY strict!!