"To Do" List

In an effort to make the next couple of weeks as organized as possible, I sat down this morning to make a "to do" list - things that I must accomplish in the coming week.

The list is staggering.

Though the list is staggering, it includes none of the day-to-day regular chores that need to be done, like laundry, meal-making & housecleaning. It also doesn't include things like me finding time for some runs, and a Value Village trip, which I desperately need. There are a few fun things on the list, like baking Christmas cookies with the girls, and having a coffee date with an old co-worker of mine. Of course, when your to-do list is as long as mine is, even the fun things start feeling like items that need to be crossed off.

Although I'm really trying not to, I'm already dreaming of the long, slow, cold, lazy January days where the girls and I snuggle under blankets and watch videos together...research craft projects online, read books...only leaving the house when we really really WANT to.

It's hard to enjoy the here and now when there's just so many things that need to get done. Partly, this is my fault. If only I'd been more organized back in the fall, I could theoretically have all of my Christmas shopping done. I am not, nor will I ever be one of those people. I guess in that case, I simply need to accept my life for what it is, huh?

*sigh*

Guess I'd better start working on that list...