How Many Days Til Christmas?!?

Today, I realized that there are only 18 days until Christmas. Oy.

Every year, I get these great ideas. This year's ideas included a trip to Charleston and putting up a real tree (instead of the fake hand-me-down I get from my parents). At this point, putting up a tree at all seems like a waste of time and money. Still not sure if Charleston is going to happen. The whole losing my main source of income thing, along with two weeks of being immobile, has really put a damper on a lot of my plans.

And I know, I know. That's not what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown, but I love the cheesy festiveness of this time of year. I can't help it.

A big part of me is ready to just get through it and look ahead to next year, but then I realized I've had that attitude for the last few years. Earlier today, I was talking to my mom, and I told her Christmas is probably just not going to be fun until I have a family of my own.

But I'm ready to apply to go back to UGA and work on getting my book sold or getting an agent and all that good stuff. I'm ready to take my writing career to the next level, and a little part of me is considering looking into adoption again. I've had so many signs pointing me in that direction lately, even though I decided I wanted to wait and see what happens over the next few years with my life. I'll just have to see. If there's anything I've learned, it's that nothing is set in stone, even if you say it is.

So, as much as I hate it, I don't see myself going all out for Christmas this year. I'm going to help my mom put up her tree this weekend, and I'm still hoping to make that trip to Charleston, but otherwise, I think it's going to be a quiet Christmas at my house, and I think I'm OK with that.

P.S. I was planning to make a post called 10 reasons not to vote for Newt Gingrich, and I had my reasons put together weeks ago, during said stint of immobility. But since then, many great folks have already made that case, so I see no point to add to it. My friend Jeff does a good job talking about some of them here. I can't and won't support him.