Back to normal ... sort of

We're eating leftovers now. The kids are back in school, be it middle school or college. I am working away on a Monday morning.

Life is getting back to normal, sort of. It's that post-Thanksgiving, Cyber Monday, we're now in Advent sort of normal.

Christmas lights are up around my neighborhood. Football kept me from putting mine up first this year.

I got out Sunday with one of my besties to walk off some of the food I ate. Thanksgiving is just a hard holiday when you are trying to maintain the size you got down to. It's the only holiday when it is socially acceptable to eat two pieces of pie in one sitting. We walked for an hour and a half, which ought to burn off more than a celery stick.

I have already started shopping for Christmas gifts, which is not the manic rush it used to be. Some of my kids are getting stuff and others are getting money. That part gets easier as the kids get older. That makes up for the schedule craziness that you get when your children are grown. Instead of working around your own work schedule, you are working around multiple school and work schedules. But that is OK, because it is nice they are employed.

I didn't write as much as I would have liked, and that needs to change, but I am stubborn about putting people ahead of writing projects. A book isn't worth missing out on time with those I love. Today, it also wasn't worth getting out of bed, because I slept through my early morning writing time.

But I've now had my coffee, and I have my to-do list. So it's time to get busy. :-)