Holiday rush

I have had most of my shopping done for ages, which I usually  do the bulk of it online. Thank you Amazon!
I am starting to feel a little bit festive with my little tree covered in sparkling lights. Perhaps I should pull more decorations out.
I have such a hard time leaving the house this time of year; the darkness, the weather, and depression I guess.
When Lily's little brother Lincoln was born believe me I jogged my tush up to the hospital as soon I was given the okay from the Mom. I really didn't stress over that, the hospital is for the most part in my "safe zone" and I got to hold that little peanut and nothing is a better stress reliever. I knew I loved him before he was born but you hold them in your arms under your heart and that just seals the deal. The love just oozes right inside of you.
Yesterday we finished Thanksgiving, no more turkey! The last of the Thanksgiving gatherings, woot. This is a good thing being that we are just about ready to hit Christmas. Dean's Dad and his foster son were here. I made a very yummy pork roast, all of the sides, yummy buttery rolls, and of course pie. We were expecting Dean's son to show up, I guess more so hoping than expecting.
I am not in leftover over load, I packed up a huge package for Dad to take home with him, so they should be eating well for the next few days.
Today we are supposed to go to a birthday party for a one year old and we have my parents choir concert at the church tonight. I am looking forward to the choir concert. I have to pick better seating this time, well my sister will be at the church early so she is in charge of seating. Last year when we went I kind of went into sensory overload. The church is packed to begin with, I sat by the bell choir, because bells are pretty right...not so much when you are sitting on top of them, and the added bonus to that was the bell choir was seated all around us so every time they played they had to walk past me and brush up against me, you know how this agoraphobic gurl loves being touched by strange people! I am going to make it to that concert, I am not going to let the fear win. I will just stay away from the bells.
Tomorrow is a busy day too, not stress busy. My sister and I are both making home made soup for lunch at Mom's after church, this choir thing is an all weekend event so we are going to make them some lunch and visit for awhile. After that we are heading over to see Lincoln and Lily. I do pretty good when I go to the house, I do better the fewer people that are actually at the house but that is how I roll.
I hope your holidays are stress free and I hope you are managing your panic and anxiety. It is a hard time of year for most of us with those issues. I have been trying to get back into the habit of taking a bath again, a nice long soak in some bubbles is a good relaxer.

Love and Light