Almost Ready

I'm almost ready for the big man's visit; just a few minor details to take care of now.

Someone has asked why I'm in "such a hurry" to get everything so completely ready this far ahead of the actual date.

But, if you think about it, there aren't a whole lot of days left until Christmas, not really.

For instance, today is Friday, December 11th. 

That means that Christmas is 14 days hence -- precisely two weeks from today!

I still have today, Saturday and Sunday free, in terms of doing anything that needs doing.

And remember, for every day that I "do" something, I have to rest one, maybe two days to recover.

But, unfortunately for me, I cannot rely on any of the five days from December 14th to the 18th for any Christmas preparation time because I will be involved in the prepping for and then the conduction of a medical procedure, the details about which you really don't want to hear.

Then, I can absolutely count on needing several days to recover from not the medical procedure, but the effects that the five-day prep will have had on my fibromyalgic body.

In any event, I will definitely be home resting and restoring strength on the 19th and 20th, to be sure.

The 21st is a toss-up right now.

At this point, I have a physiotherapy session scheduled for the 22nd and I plan to visit with my girlfriend before she heads off to Vancouver to celebrate the holiday with her daughter (my other daughter).

If one looks at a calendar, I'm thinking that brings us dangerously close to the 25th of December.

So, I'm really just coming in under the gun.  To my "always be prepared" way of thinking, I felt it would be prudent to have everything done before I started prepping for this God-awful event that I am so not looking forward to having done on the 18th.

Call me crazy but I guess that one week of Girl Guiding had an effect ...