Feliz Navi DUD!

So I have a confession to make: I am not feeling very "Christmasy" this year. I don't know if its too much going on like my Grandmother just passing away or what but this is the first year everything has caught up with me! When I was in high school and even college there was this timeline going on in my head that had a clear defining moment of when school ended and the Christmas season began. I had weeks off to goof off and go shopping and bake, oh how good I had it! Now it seems like I work, try to buy presents on the weeknights and Saturdays which means I'm either tired when I'm shopping or I am annoyed with the great amounts of people at the stores. It just isn't the same anymore. I haven't even got out my favorite Christmas cd's yet. At work we have had Christmas music playing since early November, and the station plays the same set of songs every hour.
So today I grabbed one of my favorite Christmas cd's and started listening to it on the way into work and just stopped thinking about everything and really let the words and music in the songs kind of sweep over me. I have so many things to be thankful for this year. I think in a few days I will finally be able to say that I am ready for Christmas time. I pray...