Whoops.

I didn’t actually mean to drop off the radar.  It’s been really strange to have a few days away from the blog, since I’ve been posting almost daily for a couple of months now.  Strange, but (dare I say it?) good to take a little breather.

It all began on Tuesday, which was a really frantic day at work.  My little car drove me home (it always seems to know the way!) and after saying hello to the dog I basically faceplanted the bed and fell asleep.  In my work clothes.

I stayed that way until my alarm went off, twelve hours later.

So I’m trying to be a little bit kinder to myself this week.  I’m giving myself some space to enjoy wrapping the Christmas presents and figuring out the menu for the massive Christmas feast we’re hosting for our extended family.  I’m getting the house ready for 3 weeks of guests, so that I don’t end up leaving everything until the last minute.  I’m making donation piles of “stuff” that we don’t need (where does it all come from?) and trying to simplify.

I’m making lists, and I’m even crossing stuff off them!

The final week of photos for the 30 Day Photo Challenge would have been little more than throwaway snapshots if I had kept going this week, and I’m enjoying the challenge too much to waste it on uninspired shots.  So I’ll be returning to it as soon as I have some of the things on my to-do list under control, when I am able to give it my full attention again.

How are you coping with the Christmas/end-of-year madness?

I’m in the middle of a kickass Hens Night and there is Midori to drink!