So it won't be long till the big day arrives and with that family and obligations and time frames to be met and co-ordination and oh me, oh my- my plate is full. I love having family and I am disappointed when they can't all be home but must admit there are some nights that Pa and I just have a bowl of cereal and call it a night. Now I know how old that makes us sound but I have never learned how to cook for only two. I am much better with a crowd. I did crash and burn one night and slept close to 10 hours total before I headed out the door the next day so needless to say, it was time to put the engine down for a bit and regroup. How many of us listen though or wait till we do break down, in so many ways. Are you a bit nippy to those around you right now, do you feel like you can't add one more thing to your plate, do you dread going home to cook and bake and wrap presents and more? Mailing is my other enemy, I hate to mail packages but with all five kids living away, it is a necessity. I did get to NC so those packages were hand delivered. The one from Florida will be up but we will mail down those packages after she opens them on Christmas day. I have sent the packages I need to to Italy but there are a few more things I would like to include for my son in the service and I have already sent the big package to California to my son there and I am sure he has already opened it ( his is after all is mother's son) and the one from Rochester will be done for a short stint so will be able to watch them open their gifts. So far we will be traveling within a two hour radius on any given day but that is what the holiday is about. I am baking each night and have in fact ordered some of my treats and I actually have been cooking although I have cut it down to about 4 servings, I am learning. What I am learning for sure that it just doesn't pay to stress out, but try to learn to breathe and enjoy the time we have off and time with family and cleaning and the rest will come as it is needed. Enjoy this time and breathe, take a moment to laugh, and remember the best that has been behind you and the best today had to offer and the best of what is yet to come. S
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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