I can’t seem to get started on this post; I’ve been sitting on it for a good 45 minutes. I think, really, I am still processing the last four days – which feel like a lot longer than that. On Thursday, I worked about 4 hours in the AM then we had our Christmas House lunch, out at a barn venue. The food was ok; they played a version of Family Feud that was kind of fun. Went home and caught up on party prep. The next day, they had given us off so I ran errands: Goodwill, Beall’s, Hobby Lobby, Fresh Market, then Publix. Ash and I worked on a few last minute party things, went to lunch, then finished prepping for the party and people came around 5 for the bottle share, then 6 for the real party.

All in all, our 3rd annual Christmas party was a success. The first year, we had 77 people, last year we had 99, then this year, 85. But it was a good time; lots of good food and company. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when it was over though! It’s A LOT of stuff to do to get it all ready and while worth it, entirely exhausting.

Saturday morning, I took Elliot to work early, then worked on more cleaning things post-party. We had our Brew Club Winter party at 2 and thankfully, we were back home around 6:30 and I could rest.

Sunday was a pretty low-key day; it had rained most of Saturday and into the night so I had to dump pool water, then we had leftover pulled pork from the party and watched football. I won in the first round of playoffs in our fantasy league so here’s hoping I can move easily through the next round too!

At work today, we are having our potluck and a White Elephant and then I have a dentist appointment in the afternoon. Having sushi with friends at 5 so somewhere in there I have to make dinner plans for the family. I am pretty stressed with all the holiday stuff and life things in general; I don’t know what will alleviate that other than it just being Christmas and I can rest easy that we accomplished the party and the holiday and that we succeeded.

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OK I’m really copping out this week; you get an entire Christmas album. It’s a good one though.