We're snowing and I have to make the call on "weather" or not to cancel the Girl Scout field trip today. Part of me says, "Dudes - you live in Michigan. Snow is not uncommon." OTOH, it is the first snow of the year and the idiots are already out in abundance.

This is the storm that made the Metrodome collapse. That's not nothing. Unless you are are only going to get a mild edge of it, I'd recommend not going out unless absolutely necessary.

Ooo, I woke up in such a Grinchy snit today! I am developing a full hate-on for the holiday. Grrr. Luckily I'm married to a sweet man who will hold me and try to quell my anxieties.

It's just... there's an impossible amount of work that needs to be done between now and then, and so little appreciation or gratitude to pull me through it.

Oh well, I'll shut up now so my kvetching doesn't interfere with things like Jesse's pleasure in putting up the Xmas decorations.

Heh. I don't have any pleasure in it yet. I'm kind of in fake-it-til-you-make-it mode at this point.

Yeah, but isn't PMS when most women realize they're out of tampons?

That was my thought, that the attempts to buy and discovery that they're no longer available would come a week or two before the need for them.

Burrell, I also wonder about forgoeing things that are a hassle for you, and not appreciated by others?

I've been trying to convince my grandmother that she doesn't have to decorate her house if she doesn't feel like it.

I will not be Xmasy till next weekend...although I did make a trip to my folks' house, and mom gave me all of my grandma's ornaments. SO NOSTALIGIC.

This will be the 1st year I have decorated for Xmas; I'm kinda looking forward to it.

It's snowing and blowing here. I'm actually surprised that it is still snowing. I just got out of bed - the sounds that the wind has been making have made bed seem even more the best place to be than usual. I'm kind of surprised at the number of cars I'm seeing out and about. I suppose if you're just traveling in town it's not so bad but I bet it's pretty nasty out in the country.

My idiot sister can vouch for that.

I'm kind of in fake-it-til-you-make-it mode at this point.

I was in denial last week. This morning the wheels fell off. I am hoping to get to the same point you're at by this afternoon.

Burrell, I also wonder about forgoeing things that are a hassle for you, and not appreciated by others?

But everything is a hassle! I'm not sitting here Grinchly resenting the "need" to put up lights outside the house or something like that. I'm balking at the bare minimum basics, like a tree and presents and housecleaning before the guests come and making festive food to eat on the day of. By all rights, what kind of attention-seeking baby must I be to want someone to say "hey, you put up a tree! Go you!" or "Bought presents? Hey, that's a great idea!"

My kids are doing the Chile cheer: Chi-Chi-Chi! Le-Le-Le! Chile!!