Amy J. Bennett

Bonus points to anyone who can recite that entire song!

I’m quite chipper this morning, happy to feel back to normal.  Last night Mom ended up keeping the girls at her house for about two hours to play and I came home and cleaned with a vengeance.  I made a little list and checked it off as I went.  I’m happy to say I got it all checked off and more.

Today will be a normal Wednesday..the kids will be going to MIL’s this afternoon (I think anyway) and then we have youth group tonight.  Feels like forever since I’ve been to church even though it’s only been a week and a half.

The girls both just got up and are already engrossed in their Christmas toys which should be a nice distraction for them since they don’t have school.

So that’s it I suppose…off to work (read: switching keyboards).

Christmas day is closing up shop soon.  Right now I’m sitting at my Mom’s waiting on Heather’s boyfriend and daughter to come to pass out the last two presents of the season.

The morning started about 8am.  Scott came in about 5am and slept until then and has been up all day except for a very short nap this afternoon.  Honestly, we didn’t get the girls too much.  Only 5 presents and a stocking each.  But they seemed completely ok with it.  Heather had brought all her presents over so they room was still full of presents to be opened.  Mom, Dad and Heather came over around 9 or 9:30 and opened up our presents and Heather’s.  I didn’t realize they had left all of their presents at home.  They seemed really happy with their presents.   We got Heather the 1 vs. 100 DVD so she spent some time playing that.  Heather got me one of those laptop tables and also some Bath & Body Works soap.

Around 11 we headed over to his parents.  Presents abounded there.  The girls got all kinds of stuff…Baby Alive, princess toys, clothes, train set and on and on.  I got my big external hard drive.  Around 3 we headed back to Mom’s to open presents here and eat dinner.  I got a new leather office chair that I’m so excited to sit in all day tomorrow.  That gives me a little reason to want to work tomorrow.

I’m a little stressed on everything that needs done at the house though.  Since we were out of town I have cleaning and laundry to do and then we have so much stuff to put up, there are new toys and clothes everywhere.  I feel like I need one day off all to myself at the house.  Scott and I took a short nap here at Mom’s this afternoon so I’m going to stay up tonight and try to get some things done just so I can rest easy about all of it.   I think that Bennett OCD blood is rubbing off.

I’ve been in the Christmas mood since some time in November but honestly, I think I’m glad it’s just about over.  No more presents to buy, I’m tired of Christmas music, no more family gatherings to run to.  I’m ready to hibernate for the winter!

I’m working.  Blah.  This was supposed to be my day off.  But I’ve been on conference calls and zipping and deleting files all morning.  I did manage to help with the playroom and it is pristinely clean at the moment.  Everyone is waiting on me to get a shower and get ready so we can go eat some lunch and do that last minute shopping.  This really isn’t feeling very Christmas Eve-y yet!

We are blessedly and safely tucked in at home.  Finally.  We managed to leave at noon and got home at 8:30.  A long drive for what it should be but with two little ones with matching little bladders, you don’t get much say about how often to stop.  But they were fantastic on the ride.  Emma apparently has realized how long 8 hours in the car really is because she told me when it was Maryland time again, she didn’t want to come back because it took way too long.  I agree.  But unfortunately we don’t have much choice in the matter since I’m guessing we can’t convince my entire extended family to move a little closer.

ILs were at our house waiting on us when we got home.  The kids excitedly showed them every single toy they got.  I let them stay up late and I think Lexi is just now actually getting to sleep since she had a long nap in the car.  Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I’m so glad we came home today instead of tomorrow so Christmas is not right on top of us.  I realized I have a present or two to pick up tomorrow and need to do some wrapping of the girls’ larger gifts.  I think Scott has a reorg of the toy room on his agenda since there are so many new toys here and coming.

Scott has to work tomorrow night so I’m not really sure of our schedule over the next two days.  We’ll probably end up at Mom’s tomorrow night since he’ll be working.  We went back and forth today on the way home about how to handle Christmas day since he’ll have worked all night.  He may wake up long enough with the kids and go back to sleep or just stay up and try to caffeinate himself through the day while we bounce back and forth between parents’ houses.  Who knows.

At the moment I’m just glad to be home and still have a few days off from work.