**heyimbren**

SopChick

Bren - your ticker just gave me a mini panic attack... I hadn't really noticed that Christmas was THAT close! I've been working so much that I have no decorating or shopping done yet!

heyimbren

Ha! I only have one gift left to buy which is for a gift exchange I'm doing.

I'm super prepared this year

Good luck!! And get excited! If it makes you feel better, I haven't done any decorating or cleaning yet either. That's for AFTER classes finish.

Elle1036

Don't worry, her ticker is for the Canadian Christmas.  The real Christmas is a month later.

Or, wait, maybe I have my holidays mixed up?

SopChick

But I AM Canadian... maybe I should become American for Christmas so I have more time to prepare!

Work has been crazy since September, the last few months have been such a blur! I'm hoping to get some cleaning and decorating done this weekend so that I can get into the spirit a little more. We just got a huge dumping of snow last night, so that's helping me feel more Christmas-y too. I'm dreading the shopping though. This is the first Christmas that I haven't supplemented my income with a retail job, so it will mean a specific trip to the mall. *groan*

On the plus side, we decorated cookies at work today, so that was fun! (I work with young adults with intellectual disabilities)

Bren - How much longer do you have before your classes and exams are finished?

heyimbren

I finish classes tomorrow, but we just had two snow days which is crazy! I'm not-so-secretly hoping for another one tomorrow. Then I just have one exam due on the 16th, but I have a paper to finish before that.

The past couple weeks have been crazy, which is why I had my shopping done early. But the snow is definitely helping with the holiday atmospere!