Anticipation

I slept somewhat fitfully last night, although that can somewhat be used to describe my sleep for the last 30 years.  I'm not sure if it was anticipation of the upcoming holidays, or anxiety due to the fact that so many things need to be done!

We are hosting Thanksgiving this year.  My in-laws are arriving tomorrow and we'll have the traditional feast on Thursday.  As much work as it is to host, I'm still very grateful that we aren't going away this year.  So VERY grateful to my in-laws who are willing to drive here.  On Friday my parents, grandmother and sister will also come down and we'll have a second, less traditional feast.  My parents are spending Thanksgiving day at my other grandmother's and I'll take the kids up to see her earlier that day.  I've spent the day doing some fall housecleaning that should've been done months ago, but later is better than never.  I'm SO looking forward to the fact that other than these two big meals, our holiday weekend is fairly unscheduled and we could all use that...some time to reconnect as a family.  At the same time, I absolutely CAN NOT believe how quickly we got here once school started, and it makes me just a little sad.  My kids are growing up so fast, and I'm just not ready for it!