I'm stressed! This time of year always does this to me, but this year is especially crazy. We have a little schedule dictator now, & there is no more waiting until the last minute on anything! I have done most of my christmas shopping online bc going to a mall right now makes my skin crawl. I worked retail for over 6 years & that will make you hate the holidays. I dont actually hate Christmas, just all the nut cases that decide to come out this time of year. Honestly, if you only make it to a mall once a year, why even bother? Save yourself the time (& gas money) & shop online...or at your local walmart! Please leave the malls to the people that actually know where the stores are located. There is NOTHING like being loaded down with shopping bags & getting stuck behind a pack (yes, like animals) of people that have no clue where they are going or what they are buying. It's not a Tues afternoon in February. This is Christmas! Get with the program people.

I had a followup appointment today & I was lucky (sarcasm) enough to be traveling west bound on the Watterson @330. Normally, this is not an issue, but not @Christmas! Evidently when the season hits, it erases the brains of 85% of the population. This stupid girl driving a white lumina (i made sure to notice) completely cut me off on my way home. I was in the stinking fast lane, & she decided to jump her happy butt infron of me with (no exaggeration) about 2 feet between my front end & her bumper. I was furious. She is VERY lucky that I did not have Rylee with me. Im not sure what I would have done, but it would have been something that suited the crime. Then, to top it off, after she got infront of me, still in the fast lane, she started going just a couple miles over the speed limit. I have to admit that my road rage was slowing trying to take control of my body. I had to turn the heat down bc my blood pressure was going up! Im proud to say that I managed to pull it toogether & not honk, get infront of her only to brake check her, or even tell her to "read between the lines." I settled for just waiting until I past her & then giving her a really "mean" look. After all, I am a mother now, I have to be mature about things, lol!

Speaking of mature, my daughter looks older & older everyday. I have informed that she could stop doing this (only for a short time) but she has refused. Today, she had therapy & while being stretched like Gumby she looked over at me & gave me "the look." I didnt need words. I know what she was saying. It went something like this, "Seriously, mom! Get this crazy woman off me RIGHT NOW! She is pulling on my shoulders and I DO NOT LIKE IT!" I responded by pointing at her daddy & mouthing the words: It's your daddy's fault. :)  

Well, my eyes are starting to roll back in my head, so I guess it's about that time! Hopefully Rylee will sleep late tomorrow, maybe 10 or even 11! She's been sleeping 8-10 hrs at night for the past month. (I'm knocking on wood as I type.)