It's the Little Things

I am in the middle of a week and a half of hell at work -- lots of projects due before I take off for a week and a half to hang out with my son during his break from school. I am exhausted. All I want to do when I get home is read or watch "Glee," but I have work to do. *Sigh*

Plus, it's that time of year -- Christmas. It should be a happy time, but for now it's stressful. We've got a few more presents to buy, lots of presents to wrap and endless fundraisers at my son's school. There are just so many things to remember between work and home that my brain is ready to explode.

Last night, I just wanted to zone out, but I also wanted (or needed) to read through some research for a story that was due today. However, I also had to help my son with a school project that was also due the next day. Just what I needed -- one more thing to do, right?!

In the end I'm glad I had that excuse to take a break from thinking about me and all of the nagging projects taking up space in my self-absorbed brain. I accomplished something -- my son's homework -- and spent time with my kid, who had to wait for me to get home from work late, yet again.

And, I had fun. We had to decorate a gingerbread man and he wanted to make it a ninja. I had to put my creative-thinking hat on and figure out how to cut out a ninja costume for our paper ninja-bread man. It was a nice break from the insanity of the season.

Still, I can hardly wait for the 12 days-in-a-row that I will have off from work in a few days. Just four more days in the office to go and then I can refocus on the writing I try do to in my "spare" time.