When Holidays Go Awry

We celebrated

But it didn’t go as we originally thought it would

Both my son and I had the flu heading into the weekend

It started to subside by Tuesday

My husband was on his way from the States to visit (he was driving)

By Wednesday morning, he was heading back (he didn’t make it past Michigan)

My son had developed pink eye, so back to Ohio my husband goes

We started keeping an eye on Santa’s whereabouts (thanks NORAD)

I kept getting asked when he’s coming to Canada

My son was up early this morning to open gifts

He was happily playing with them all morning

We had pulled the turkey out of the freezer Tuesday morning

It got cooked this afternoon

But we didn’t eat it

Nor did we make any sides to go with it

Because were both on the verge of a meltdown by mid afternoon

And both for completing different reasons

So we went outside for over an hour to work off the meltdown

When we got home, we ordered pizza

After we were done, the turkey got cut up and put in the freezer to eat at a later time

After we cleaned up, it was back to playing with toys

Being outside and having pizza was the reset we needed

The lights on the tree are on

We still have Christmas music playing

And my son is sound asleep

Tomorrow, the reset will continue

Hopefully, it’ll go smoother than the last 7 days