barely, by the skin of my teeth, with lots of grumbling.

When you are a child, the holidays are so wonderful. No dinners to make, very few presents to buy, and lots of good food to eat. When you are an adult there are lots of dinners to make and attend, many presents to buy and thankfully, still lots of good food to eat. The excitement however, is just not there.

When you are a child, you lie in bed on Christmas Eve so excited you can barely fall asleep. When you are an adult, you collapse in the bed on Christmas Eve hoping the kids will not awaken before 6 am.

But It was worth it this year. When my daughter opened one of her gifts, 2 tickets to the Nickelback concert, and screamed and squealed and even cried, that exhaustion all seemed worth it.

This year the only thing I am still dreading is the credit card bill!!!

Which means Christmas break from school is coming….hallelujah!!!

I am so ready to sleep late and watch tv all day long!

I am really thinking that I need some alone time. Not with my husband, or children or even my dear friends. I need some time away from everyone. Little things that really do not amount to a hill of beans are getting on my last nerve. Comments that would not have bothered me last week or even yesterday are causing me to roll my eyes at people I love. Yep. I need to get away from everyone for a few days but will have to settle for maybe a few minutes.

Today might have started off on a bad note but boy can my friends make it better. I love them so much. I cannot think of a better way to spend my evening. Well, maybe collecting lottery winnings. But even then, I would let me friends ride with me. Then we could all go out to celebrate afterwards

I finally got caught up on my sleep and even got to sleep in today. Then why did I get up on the wrong side of the bed? Maybe because I was awaken by my son blaring his guitar through the house. That is not the sound I want to hear after a really long week at work.

I am SOOOO glad tomorrow is pay day.

I am so broke, I cannot even pay attention!

My sleep clock is totally screwed up. It all started Thanksgiving night. I had to be awake at 4:30 on Friday so I could get to work on time. Being afraid I would oversleep kept me awake after 1:30 am, so that night was gone. I have not been able to get back on track since. I have to work at school and at Belk tomorrow so hopefully by the weekend, I will be back to sleeping at night and working during the day.

Then I will get back in this horrible pattern again over Christmas break.

The five day vacation sure did pass by quickly. As a matter of fact, this entire year has passed by pretty quickly. Only 13 1/2 more days and the year is half over. Wow. The older I get, the faster it goes.

Tuesday afternoon I went with my dear friend Kelly to watch The Secret Life of Bees. I loved it! It was very similar to the book and really got me thinking about the simple things in life that we all take for granted. Or at least I take them for granted.

I went Saturday with my husband and watched Fireproof. I was both sad and angry when I left the theater. Whether he knows it or not, hubby has a lot to do now.

I think I am going to have to break down and go see Twilight. I can’t be one of those people that has no idea what happens in the movie.

Well, I bought gifts for 23 of the 35 people on my list. I am so proud of myself. I love shopping online. Now I have to figure out when I am starting a new budget.  I spent way toooo much.