Wednesday, October 27, 2010

October Is The New December

 Well, as October comes to a close, I must say...It is about stinking time.  This has been the busiest month of my life.  Yes, I know.  I am prone to hyperbole.  But, I mean it this time.  People talk about how busy the holidays are.  This year, at least as far as I know, they have nothing on October.

We had nine trips to the doctor, two to the dentist, and three to the pharmacy.  Two Fall Festivals, two class parties, and one Trunk-or-Treat event.  Four occasions for which the children were expected to be in costume, and that is not counting Halloween on Sunday.  Two separate cookie dough fund raisers, and two different picture days, for two different schools.  Two food drives, two raffles, and two parties for which donations were given (and willing, too, but they added to the chaos). Two field trips, one I chaperoned.  Two days as class mom.  Two parent teacher conferences; one for good, one for evil.  One letter from the Washington State Bar Examiners (he passed!!).  One date night.  One Church Fellowship Dessert.  And, one Wild Thing named Etsio, (that's him in the picture) hand made by Jonah.

So, to you, Holiday Season, I say, "Bring it!"  You don't scare me.  I lived through October.

7 comments:

  1. hahahaha! And is your house still cleaning ;)

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  2. I miss my girls being small and all those activities!! Looks like you are handling it well :)

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  3. Oh my...that is WAY too much stuff for sanity! You need to schedule some down time, girl!

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  4. Etsio is great - love the colours! Whew! You do sound busy. Bring on November! I was thinking about when I first started reading your blog. I remember a comment you left on Ciara's blog and I liked the self-effacing humourous tone of it so I clicked on your name. That day your post was your beautiful Eulogy and I knew I had found a bloggy friend. (I will work on a replacement for blogger, btw) And congrats to Hubband - yay!

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  5. Good grief you've worn me right out! I hope you get to relax in November and have someone cook you a great big Thanksgiving Dinner.

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  6. WOW! The days sure stay full huh? I am STILL feeling incredulous that it is the END of October...I will still getting used to September!

    I ran into Walmart yesterday to grab a Halloween item and they were busy setting up the aisles for CHRISTMAS!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I need a minute to THINK!

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