Christmas Wrap-Up

I just wanted to do a Christmas wrap-up for you, in case you are on pins and needles wondering how my Christmas went. ;) All I can say is - I'm glad it's over.

We went to 2 places on Christmas Eve. I procrastinated on wrapping gifts, so I was up until after midnight wrapping gifts for the next day's rounds. So that left DH to put out Santa gifts. When he got done, it looked like a Toys R Us had exploded inside our living room. Never again, folks. We went way overboard this year. And I was too bleary-eyed to realize that DH had made a major boo-boo while putting the stuff out. He had put out two toys for Princess that I was going to take back, due to bad reviews online. I had bought something else to take their place, and he put that out, too! I didn't realize it until the kids were up the next morning. So it looked like Santa was extra nice to Princess. (I still have not let Princess open the gifts that I wanted to take back. I tried to tell her that they got bad reviews. She told me that maybe Santa made HERS perfect! What can I say to that???)

So I go to bed at 1:00 AM. All I can think about is what all I have to do the next day. Or rather, that day. So I lay awake for 2 hours. I got maybe 2 hours sleep before having to get up to cook baked beans at 5:00 AM. The kids were up at 6:00 to look at their toys. Then we had to rush and get ready and leave at 7:30 to get to my grandmother's house an hour and a half away.

Then we had lots of family drama there. My cousin's wife filed for divorce, and they have 3 children. The kids had to leave at 11:00 to go to their mom's Christmas. Everyone was crying. This is the first divorce in our family. It is so hard. Then my dad was a Grinch as usual. My aunt was mean to my grandmother. I finally left at 5:00 PM when my aunt and mom were fighting about the auto-bailout and the Union. 'Nuff said.

We get a reprieve until Saturday night for another Christmas. DH's mom kisses and hugs everyone when we get there. I later find out she is sick as a dog. And then I find out half the people there are sick. Come on, people! Why can't we wait a few days until everyone is WELL and do this thing?? So, of course, Prince gets sick two days later.

I had some drama with my mom two days after Christmas about next year's Christmas. I don't really want to talk about it. Just know that I was ready to run away from home.

So it's over. Finally. I wish I could say that I had a wonderful Christmas. But it just wasn't wonderful. If next year is like this year, I may need meds to get me through it. Sad, but true.

This wraps up my Depressing Christmas Posts. I am praying 2009 is a much better year for me. I am even thinking of starting a brand new blog to signify the beginning of a fresh, new start for me. Stay tuned.