Goodbye Vacation

It is so hard to say goodbye to vacation. After a week and a half off, it is time to jump in the shower and go back to work. Yuck! Can I just be a stay-at-home wife? I could handle working out for a few hours every day and organizing the house until we move...seriously.

I began taking down Christmas decorations as soon as I returned home on Monday, but the tree is still up and fully decorated. The dining room table is covered in Christmas parafanalia. The coffee table is covered in Christmas parafanalia. And, there is a pile of Christmas pillows on the couch. How did that happen? Where did my time go? Why did I not get more put away?

It is not for laziness. I was busy from about 8:30 a.m. until around 11:00 p.m. for two straight days. I guess it just takes a while to unpack and catch-up on mail and email. I had returns to do and exchanges to make, car titling to take care of, bills to pay, and grocery shopping. Plus, prepping food to eat for the rest of the week so that I am not eatting junk. And, that naturally rolled into doing all of the dishes from all of the cooking. But, now I have applesauce and hummus and hard boiled eggs and chicken and grabbable veggies and even waldorf salad. Yummy for my healthy tummy.

I am looking forward to a short, two-day work week. I will then have another weekend to finish putting away the Christmas stuff. And, I should have some help since husband is planning a trip home this weekend. Yeah!

Speaking of husband. He has advised me that I need to set this blog to private in the near future. So, if you are a reader, let me know that you would like to continue reading and I will send you an invitation. I haven't even begun to look into how to go about privatizing yet, so it will be a little while (probably a few months). One more thing for the to-do list.

Well, hi ho, hi ho it's off to the shower I go...stay-at-home wife (*deep sigh*).