It's beginning to look a lot like....

Where the hell did November and December go?!

Here it is, December 16th, and the house isn't decorated for Christmas yet. Andrea's freaking out because everything is so far behind. She's done some decorating over the last couple of weeks (especially this week) and we brought the tree into the house last night. It's not decorated yet, but at least the house smells like Christmas.

I'm not stressing out so much about it because, as a child, we never really started decorating the house until about this time anyway. Heck, the tree wasn't even up and decorated until the 23rd. We'll do up the tree this weekend, which will be just fine with me. Andrea, on the other hand, likes having stuff done at least 2 weeks before. Yeah, she's a weird one. :)

Of course, taking 8 days to go to Munich probably wasn't the best idea during the Silly Season, but the way I see it is that the decorating will get done in time. I love how the house looks with all of the decorations, but, really, as long as the tree is done and we have a couple of (fake) boughs around the house with some lights, I'm perfectly happy. Given the choice between a fully-decorated house and Europe, Europe will win every time. :)

I've got lots of shopping to do next week, so I'll pack up Olivia and get out of the house for a few hours. That ought to give Andrea lots of time to do whatever it is she wants to do.

Today's my last day at the office until the new year and I'm really looking forward to relaxing (if that's going to be possible!) at home with Andrea and Olivia, drinking tea, watching the fire, and just absorbing everything. Christmas will probably be hectic this year (babies make everything hectic, don't they!), so I'd better get in the relaxation while I can.

- Mike