It's the most busiest week of the year...
Category: Navel Gazing...
Posted Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 09:28 AM [GMT-6]

The post title really works only if you sing it to the tune of that Christmas song. No, not "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"; that other one. Go ahead, try it; I'll wait for you.

Anyway, I'll bet everyone reading this has one of these weeks each year, and it probably comes around this season, when a whole fistful of events is crammed into a small space on your calendar and you think, "if I can just get through this week, I've got it made..." Which, of course, you don't, but it doesn't pay to acknowledge that.

Realizing that you've got your own scheduling challenges, I still want your sympathy for mine this week, which include: nine hours of volunteering at our church's Christmas Store (free toys for needy kids); one hour of running Abbye back and forth to the vet for a glucose curve; six hours of Christmas parties (assuming an average of three hours each, although one night we have two scheduled simultaneously); one hour of annual dental checkup (I have good teeth); 30 minutes of haircutting (which is twice as long as my inventory merits, but I have a gabby barber); and two hours of dance lessons.

OK, now that I've typed it out like that, it doesn't look so daunting. Heck, I might even have time for a post or two.

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...and two hours of dance lessons.

OK, you realize now that you've typed that out, and worse still, were whining about it, means me, Spike and the boyz are going to have to beat you up during recess.

Posted by: Bret at December 12, 2006 10:24 AM

It's not my fault! Uh, the dog ate my boxing gloves.

Need some lunch money?

Posted by: Eric at December 12, 2006 10:30 AM

Add two kiddos' worth of holiday activities and end-of-semester assignments to the mix ... now, THAT'S buzy ... busee ... buszszsz ... ZZZZZZZZZ

:-)

Posted by: Jeff at December 12, 2006 02:44 PM

Dude...you should have written it to the tune of "Twelve Days of Christmas" all crammed into one day.

"...9 churchy hours, 8 random thoughts, 7 yadda yadda, 6 hours partying, 5 trips a driving, 4 minutes blogging, 3 hours of vet checks, 2 hours a-twirling, one teeth a-cleaning, and 1/2 haircut stretched to half an hour!"

Posted by: Janie at December 12, 2006 03:14 PM

That's really funny Janie! I might have to think of using that idea on my blog if Eric doesn't!

Posted by: Rachel at December 12, 2006 03:30 PM

I agree, Rach...in fact, I wonder why Janie isn't blogging, herself. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at December 12, 2006 09:54 PM

Let's hope the flu bug doesn't come along and bite you, knocking your schedule into next week, like it did mine. And we were supposed to drive out to California this weekend. No way that's happening.

Posted by: Nancy at December 12, 2006 10:04 PM

Yikes. That's terrible.

We've had flu shots, but who knows if they really work? Hope you get back on schedule soon.

Posted by: Eric at December 12, 2006 10:10 PM

You know, the one time I got a flu shot it really worked - gave me the flu like I'd never had it before. Or since. Haven't been lining up every year for my next injection for whatever reason.

Hope yours does the whole prevention thing. :)

And I really like the whole 12 days of Christmas thing - get to it! :)

Posted by: beth at December 13, 2006 08:15 AM
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