Best Christmas Ever

Ok, so I could write this week about how my dad is a complete asshole.  I could write about how Matt and I had one of the scariest fights of my life.  I could write about how my job is slowly sucking the life (and my money) out of me. However, that would not be about how this is the best week ever, so I will avoid all those topics until I can reflect on them with something good to say.  Instead, I will tell you how this is the best Christmas ever.
Here are my Christmas plans: nothing. I bought no presents for my kids, so I have no wrapping to do.  The three (yes, only 3 items purchased for all of my Christmas shopping to be complete) items I did purchase were bought online and shipped directly to the recipients.  None of whom I have to see for the holiday! I have no cooking to do, because we're not having a Christmas dinner.  The only thing I have to do all day on Christmas is go to my in-law's house for 2 hours for my kids to get their presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  I have never been so excited for Christmas ever. 
Please don't think I'm a big Grinch or anything.  It's just that Christmas has been a horrible holiday for me for years.  I won't depress anyone with lengthy stories of all the horrendous holiday disasters, but let me just say that last year I was on suicide watch for my mom and that was one of the better Christmases. 
So, as everyone is running around seeing family, cooking dinner, stressing about everything, please take a moment to be jealous of me, sitting in my pjs, drinking a bottle of wine and doing nothing.  Merry Christmas all!

Cutting back on my responisbilities

For the past year, I've had three jobs. I am a mom, I work at a daycare, and I run a mommy group.  There was a time when I enjoyed all three, but lately it's all just been too much.  The daycare has become increasingly frustrating (more on that next week), and quite frankly the mommy group has become unbearable.  Do you know what it's like to try to organize 30 women and keep them all happy? I feel like the past several months have been nothing but listening to complaints, mediating fights, and putting up with just plain bitchiness.  Don't get me wrong, I love the moms in my group.  They are an amazing group of women.  However, when I signed up to run the mom's group, I didn't realize that I would become all of these women's mom.
So a week ago I made a fabulous decision.  I gave up my duties as mommy organizer.  I didn't leave the group.  I'm just no longer in charge.  I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to give up control, however I am very happy to say that I am fully embracing my duty-free role in the group. I have received countless emails and phone calls requesting help or answers to questions.  I haven't helped or replied to any.  And I am loving it! A great stress has been lifted from my life and I am finally starting to feel like I can breathe again.
This is the best week ever because rather than writing schedules, managing money, checking attendance, responding to emails, and listening to everyone else's problems, I sat on my couch and did nothing but watch episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  I am LOVING life.