Dishes are piling up in the sink, bits of wrapping paper still linger in the living room, laundry continues to pile up, and every inch of the house is littered in Christmas excess--clothes, books, a lovely blue iPod Nano (Thank you, Hubby), jewelry, strange electronic things my husband requested, and toys, toys, toys... but I couldn't care less about cleaning up because...
HUBBY TOOK THE WHOLE WEEK OFF OF WORK!
...and so did I, apparently. For the past week, the three of us have been sleeping (and eating) like people on vacation. That is to say, excessively.
We've been so relaxed that all of the catty, short-sighted things my mother-in-law calls to say have mostly gone ignored. Noted, but ignored. Something about not spending Christmas at their house or some such... I don't know (and I don't care!)
Last year was our son's first Christmas and we plead what I like to call the "Santa" Clause... as in "how would Santa ever find us at your house... Tsk! Tsk! It would be a SHAME to deprive our son of his very first Santa gifts on CHRISTMAS... " (snort!)
Well, this bit of malarkey actually worked, and my in-laws agreed to make the three hour drive to visit us for once, but NOT on the same day my family was coming over, for NO LONGER than 12 hours, and ONLY if they stayed the night at a hotel that was an hour and a half away to be that much closer to home the next day.
Can't you just tell that this did more damage than good? Sigh!
Well, this year we just let the invitation to our house remain "understood", but not actually spoken. I must say, the wonderfulness of this past week only further supports our decision to stay home for the holidays from now on- free of responsibilities, but more importantly free of drama.
HUBBY TOOK THE WHOLE WEEK OFF OF WORK!
...and so did I, apparently. For the past week, the three of us have been sleeping (and eating) like people on vacation. That is to say, excessively.
We've been so relaxed that all of the catty, short-sighted things my mother-in-law calls to say have mostly gone ignored. Noted, but ignored. Something about not spending Christmas at their house or some such... I don't know (and I don't care!)
Last year was our son's first Christmas and we plead what I like to call the "Santa" Clause... as in "how would Santa ever find us at your house... Tsk! Tsk! It would be a SHAME to deprive our son of his very first Santa gifts on CHRISTMAS... " (snort!)
Well, this bit of malarkey actually worked, and my in-laws agreed to make the three hour drive to visit us for once, but NOT on the same day my family was coming over, for NO LONGER than 12 hours, and ONLY if they stayed the night at a hotel that was an hour and a half away to be that much closer to home the next day.
Can't you just tell that this did more damage than good? Sigh!
Well, this year we just let the invitation to our house remain "understood", but not actually spoken. I must say, the wonderfulness of this past week only further supports our decision to stay home for the holidays from now on- free of responsibilities, but more importantly free of drama.
2 comments:
You will be so glad you made this decision. Trust me on this!!
I am totally with you on this one. for sure......keep on enjoying the holiday! :)
Happy new year!
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