I got up early this morning, not because I had to but because I wanted to. Just wanted some quiet time to myself. Trying to find some of that Christmas stillness and some silent in my night. After all, that's what Christmas is supposed to be about, correct? Peace, love, joy, all that good stuff. Focusing on that, not on the gifts that haven't been wrapped or the plans that haven't been arranged. All that stuff will fall into place. Looking at my simple, beautiful tree. Drinking my coffee. Listening to Christmas music. So glad I took some extra time to do this for myself.
Colby was a stinker yesterday. We have this constant battle. At times, there is nothing he wants to do on his eye gaze except change channels and turn on the DVD player. He will do this over and over, literally hours on end. Drives me insane. I mean makes me nuts, cuckoo crazy. So I'll let him change channels, then I'll hide those buttons and say hey Colby, try something else on eye gaze. This drives the speech therapist nuts, cuckoo crazy. She says I shouldn't be hiding any of Colby's eye gaze buttons. We continue to agree to disagree on that issue. Usually Colby's cool with that, he'll piddle around and find something else to do on eye gaze. Yesterday he wasn't. I was showing him this statements page we made him. It's a whole page of complete sentences. He wouldn't have to say/request something word by word, just look at one icon for things like, "I'd like to do something different now", or "what nurse is coming tomorrow" etc. He actually threw a fit and started crying when I hid his TV remotes button. Nope, can't have that. Can't stand to see my sweet boy cry. So he got his remotes icon back. We'll see what eye gaze battle develops today.
We got a very special visit from Santa yesterday. Colby's former bus driver and her hubbie do the Santa thing every year. He's very busy making his rounds, but he took the time to come see Colby here at home, and that meant a lot to us. Turns out Santa is a U of L fan, did you know that? He told Colby he had to cheer on the Cards when they were on! If you say so, Santa, we'll do it. The little girl upstairs saw Santa leaving our apartment. Turns out she had written Santa a letter but hadn't mailed it to the North Pole yet. She was so excited to give Santa her letter. It was really sweet to see.
My BFF came over Friday after work and helped me put up my outside lights. Now, it's a pretty uncomplicated process. I have two strands of lights that run up the poles. But still, somehow I wasn't getting it done on my own. It was very sweet of her to offer to come over and help me. She's as busy as anyone else I know, yet she took the time to come help me. And THAT, seems to me, is what Christmas is also about. Carving out a little time to help/visit with someone. It meant a lot to me. She's a keeper, that crazy gal. I have an extra strand of lights. I need to put them in Colby's room and hook them up so he can turn them on and off with a micro-light switch. Oh look, another way to drive me completely insane. I know Colby. He'll turn those lights on and off 14 million times in an hour. I know, I know, it's something he CAN do, so let him. I think the best plan is let him play with lights while I get in the kitchen and bake some goodies. Let the nurse deal with it, haha.
If I'm not mistaken, I might possibly have this Christmas gift thing under control. Unless I've totally screwed up my list, presents are all bought. Not wrapped, just bought. I wrap presents on a daily basis, sometimes an hourly basis. Who is coming over today? Whose present is going out the door today? Those are the ones that get wrapped that day/hour haha. Yesterday I was wrapping the 8AM nurse's present at 7:40AM, and was wrapping the 4PM nurse's present at 2:45PM. So by 4PM today, I have to wrap that nurse's present. No problem, I got this.
Time to get a shower before the nurse gets here. Then it's off to Kroger so I can make goodies later on today. Tis the season for cookie and goodie making. That's what I absolutely love to do at Christmastime. Today I think it'll be peanut butter fudge, homemade turtles, some cookie (either snickerdoodles or monster) and something else. Maybe some form of sweet Chex mix. Then I'll wrap it up and get it out the door tomorrow. Hope everyone is keeping their sanity this holiday season. I'm staying focused on the reason for the season. It's a cliche saying, but so very true. Hope you are also able to find some moments of stillness and peace. Then get your butts in gear, only 4 days until Christmas! Doh!
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