bah humbug

I must admit, I am not in the Christmas spirit.  Not yet anyway. The last week has been a bit challenging here at the Skurski household.  All of our Christmas 'spiriting' has been put on hold for the moment. Our Elf on the Shelf has been firmly planted in the same spot for three days, no Dickens Village is up and we are no closer to moving the mountain of boxes in our living room containing all of the Christmas decorations we envisioned putting out last weekend.

We have all been hit with the flu bug; that's why things are a bit bah humbug around here...

We are no doubt a family that gives.  Max got it last Friday and generously gave it to Jimmy on Sunday. I promptly picked it up on Monday morning.  We were counting our blessings the kids were doing fine on Monday so they could go to 'school' while Jimmy and I stayed home.  We never factored into our plan both of us being sick at the same time.  We thought we were in the clear, but Carmen was the lucky recipient on Monday night and I stayed with her on Tuesday. By  Tuesday night we were all doing much better, finally eating more than graham crackers and ginger ale.  Ah, getting ahead of ourselves I quickly realized, as just before midnight Max started round 2.  To add to the fun, our basement is getting remodeled and of course the laundry room was being tiled so we were without our washer for three days.  One of our bathtubs served as our 'holding area' for more linens, towels and pjs plagued by the flu than I want to share.  By Wednesday both kids were back to 'school' and Jimmy and I were able to actually both work a full day.  Success. Then, Wednesday night round 2 caught up with me too.

I am tired of us all being sick, extra sleepy and extra irritable.  I am looking forward to getting healthy, getting energy back and starting to get into the holiday swing.  I know this season is not about getting Christmas cards out on time, having the perfect gifts picked out and wrapped but when things don't go according to plan, I get a little bent out of shape.  Ok, a lot.  I'm trying to keep my wits about me, laugh at this comical week of errors and move on.

I feel better already. Thanks for listening. No more bah humbug.