Mayhem.

That is the theme for this week. I was (still am???) a bundle of high strung stress. My neck and shoulders are a constant dull ache from being so tense (plus we need a new mattress). Work. Kids were off school all week which meant coming with me to work. Month end. We did see Santa. Having NO CLUE what we were doing for Thanksgiving until the day before. The new puppy and all the added time that consumes. Shuttling kids. LISTS. Both kids have colds AGAIN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. WITH THAT SAID, I am truly thankful for the chaos. It just wouldn't be "us" without it. It took me three evenings but I got our fake tree decorated BEFORE Thanksgiving. We ended up eating out with my mom on Turkey Day and none of us ordered Turkey. Aidan played football with his friends in the morning.
We ate our traditional dinner on Friday like we have the past 9 years or maybe this was number 10. There were no deals to be had this year but we did venture out because some things I needed (not a must have) like my lotion and ahem... some bras. The lines were atrocious so it was a big flop. Basically just came home. Went grocery shopping today at 7am, ran errands, got the kids' live tree. I'm boiling the turkey carcass and we're getting ready to watch the Civil War game. Tomorrow is church and running home to let the dogs out then going back to church for  some training (we've been asked to volunteer in the new resource center), and then Abby has gym all afternoon. Just like that four days off are done. POOF.