Can I have one more week, please?

Okay. I'm trying to maintain calm and not let the panic set in that we are officially starting the "holiday season" now that Halloween is over. Wasn't it only 11 days ago that I was enjoying Halloween? And yet, the holiday push is upon us! I haven't even been able to fully enjoy my photos of the vampire bat, the princess, the zebra, the cute little skunk, and the super woman that had to pee on the street during trick or treat! We haven't even finished off one bag of candy yet!! Geez.....I kind of feel like Sally on "It's a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" when she gets suckered into waiting for the Great Pumpkin with Linus and misses tricks or treating with the other kids. After all, IT ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR!


Maybe if I pretend that it's not really November and that Thanksgiving is not 2 weeks away or that Christmas isn't 6 weeks away- it will all go away. I'll ignore all the Christmas stuff being sold in the stores (like who cares about Thanksgiving anyway!), all the magazines and fliers in the mail, and all the holiday music channels showing up on the TV and radio stations. I'll keep the kids pumpkins - Kalena's with the mouth that stretches all across the face and Landon's with the jagged teeth - up until the snow melts and they turn to mush. I'll keep the spider web outside the door and the witches hat on the bear until we can't stand it anymore. And then, I might consider acknowledging that it's the holiday season.

Boo!