Question: How can you be so organised and ready for Christmas at the beginning of one week and seven days later feel so totally unprepared for the whole event? 

Answer: Simply have your wisdom tooth extracted on a Wednesday morning and spend the best part of the next 6 days flat on your back fighting the pain and infection!

I made it to the doctor today and was given a course of antibiotics and was reassured I would feel better by tomorrow, but man, I’m a mess right now!  I don’t have what I would consider classic signs of infections (heat and fever) but the fact that I am ready for more pain killers every 3 hours, the bitter taste in my mouth and the smell, dear Lord, the smell of something having crawled in my mouth and died (Yes, I’m just a peach to live with...) and the pain in my ear and throat convinced me all was not well. 

The kids school and church Christmas plays are over along with all Moma’s costume design responsibilities, the Christmas cookies are made and now eaten but none of the traditional Christmas candy has been attempted. The last few presents I needed to organise online… not done.  A weeks worth of laundry… not done.  A weeks worth of tiding in the house… not done.  Christmas dinner organised and planned… not done.  Christmas gifts wrapped… not done.

I am going to try and tidy the house a little tonight and attempt to get my head around what still needs done… Make lists, Amber, make lists.  I might even make myself a cup of cinnamon and orange tea, find a lump of chocolate and try and stuff it into the good side of my mouth.