6 Miles

Today I was surprised by the ring of the doorbell and to see our postwoman at our door.  Seems I had postage due on something sent in the mail. It was a "Thank you for serving" gift from our church. So I got to pay $0.41 for my Thank you gift.

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Last night I woke up with the dry, sore throat that usually comes before getting sick. So I got up to get some water and take some Tylenol (having been taught by my mom that helps your body fight off colds). I didn't turn on the light but knew the first bottle of pills on the shelf were Tylenol PM, so I put those on the bathroom counter and got 2 pills of the next bottle–the one I KNEW was plain Tylenol. This morning I looked and realized I'd grabbed the wrong one and actually taken the Tylenol PM–not a good thing to take at 3 am (that's something you take at 10, when you have the whole night ahead of you to sleep). At least that explains why I'm having such a hard time waking up.

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So, in other news, we seem to be the one area in the country NOT getting bad weather right now. We did get a bit of ice Thursday night/Friday morning, but by 7 am it was just rain. Will got to go to his preschool and Alex and I got to run some errands. Then, while James was home for lunch, I got shopping done for all the stocking stuffers. I needed to do that without kids–Alex is old enough he notices and remembers what I'm getting. All I need to do is take Will out to buy Alex's gift and get a gift for my favorite sister.

Right now we're having a slow, relaxing morning. Last night James and I got to go to our Sunday School Christmas party. It was adult only & we ended up sharing a sitter with some friends. So the boys were up late playing. We had such a good time we ended up not getting home until about 9:45. They had just started getting a game out and Alex went into hysterics after being told he wouldn't be able to play it.  Of course neither boy slept in, so they are both tired. In a few more minutes I'll be making lunch and putting them down for naps.  Tonight we have another Christmas party that the kids get to come to. Tomorrow night we have our THIRD party of the weekend, also kid friendly but probably resulting in a late night.  So I've already planned for Monday to be rest day & baking cookies day.

I'm feeling rather relaxed about Christmas, even though nothing is wrapped and a few more gifts need to be bought, and cookies need to be made. I keep thinking "Oh, I have a week, PLENTY of time!" We'll see! I have White Christmas recorded, waiting to be watched while I wrap gifts and we'll get it all in. I hope everyone is staying warm and un-buried in snow!