I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I just have no patience for anything lately. I guess it’s just holiday stress. I take on too many things and spread myself too thin. In fact, I’ve been bad about keeping up with my blogging…

The worst part is that when I get stressed I tend to take it out on LA Toddler and LA Daddy. And that’s never fair. I have to keep apologizing to both of them whenever I have my freakout attacks.

Normally, I love Christmas. It’s my favorite time of the year. And L.A. Daddy really gets into it, in case you haven’t noticed.

What I need to do is get back to having some more “me” time. After L.A. Daddy’s motorcycle accident, it was a great excuse to not do anything for myself. I’ve got to get myself to the gym - that always helps with the stress relief.

I had so much fun on L.A. Daddy’s birthday. We drove out to Rancho Cucamonga (I love saying that), which is about 55 miles from our home, so that Tim could visit one of his most favorite restaurants. It’s a Buffalo Wing chain called BW3’s and they just put up the only one in California. We used to go to them when we lived back in Ohio - great wing sauce and other totally straight-to-your-thighs food! Comfort food, we used to call it.

But as soon as we got back home, I felt overwhelmed to get everything done. There just aren’t enough hours in the day and I seem to have my priorities wrong - I keep trying to ‘get things done’ instead of just enjoying life. The next morning, I had yelled at L.A. Daddy for seemingly nothing at all. On the car ride in, I tried to apologize and sort of explain this to L.A. Toddler. She told me I was “in trouble.” And she’s right. I need to get a handle on what I can actually accomplish in any given amount of time. Maybe I need to start making lists and crossing things off before I add more.

What’s worse, I’ve still got so much more shit to do… Christmas cards, shopping, making cookies, getting the house ready for the Christmas Mother-in-law visit, more shopping, scrapbooking project for the daycare… well, you’re probably all in the same boat with a list the same as mine…

What do you do when there aren’t enough hours in the day?