Jenerally Speaking

Well, this was a weekend of ups and downs for us.
The ‘up’ was a very successful day at the Elementary School craft fair.  I sold almost 80 name prints and made a nice amount of Christmas cash.  (Thank goodness!)  Meghan and her two friends, Macy and Alyssa, also made about 100 dollars by selling their chocolate and some of the needlepoint and sewing crafts they made.  It was a fun day, but a little stressful, too.  A lot of people and the responsibility of keeping an eye on the girls and their craft table…eek – I barely had time to take more than 3 sips of coffee the entire day.  On the bright side, I survived without a panic attack, so that is a sure sign that my anxiety disorder is indeed under control.  It’s been so long that I almost forgot what it was like when I was plagued by them almost every day.

The ‘down’ of this weekend was that my Uncle Joe passed away.  He had been sick for quite a while and my aunt and cousins have been under a tremendous strain these past few months.  Sadly, I honestly can’t recall the last time I saw him, but I am sad that I can’t go to the funeral tomorrow.  Our family is so small that I really feel it is important to be there during times like these.  Even if this particular side of the family isn’t as close to us as the others are.  I love the holidays so dearly, that it makes me very sad to think that it won’t be quite a happy holiday for my aunt and cousins this year.

Well, this is yet another late night post, so I must head to bed.  The longer I stay up, the more likely it is that I will not hear my alarm clock in the morning.  And, I really hate when that happens.