All of the Things I'm Doing Leaving Me No Time to Read

​I've seriously only finished ONE book in the last two weeks.  I'm about finished with two more, but it is SLOW GOING.  Shocker, since this is usually such a slow time of the year!  Here is what I've been doing instead of reading:

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• Cutting sheets of wrapping paper that are way too small for the present I’m wrapping
• Spending all of the money we’ve ever had and ever will have on stocking stuffers
• Watching The Christmas Chronicles with my family, and crying
• Folding endless amounts of laundry
• Giving tours of the house and praying people won’t see the baskets of unwashed or unfolded laundry
• Baking, baking, baking and then eating, eating, eating
• Vacuuming Christmas tree needles
• Renewing my library books that I haven’t had time to read
• Washing lots of dishes – mostly baking sheets and wineglasses
• Purchasing alcohol
• Making myself feel better about the fact that Christmas cards will not be going out this year
• Purchasing gifts guaranteed to win Christmas
• Talking Veronica though the hell that is 7th grade
• Praying for guidance on helping Veronica through the hell that is 7th grade
• Catching up with friends (more fun that reading, usually!)
• Kissing Vivian on her pretty little face
• Attending a new record number of Christmas festivities
• Consuming SO MUCH more cheese than necessary
• Reminding myself why my clothes are so tight
• Thanking donors for end-of-year gifts
• Listening to Vinnie’s jokes
• Wondering why someone would pretend that their child was abducted
• Thinking about all of the reading I’m going to do….after Christmas