Let the Chaos Begin

Ahhh...Christmas, I hate it. I like it because the kids love it and get crazy excited, but I hate it because of all the things you "have" to do. We have two Christmas celebrations today, church (blah, still hopting to be excused from this one), and a Christmas tomorrow. Then I am back at work, like nothing happened, just a lot of freakin chaos for two days.
In preparation I headed to the mall yesterday evening after work. I braced myself for morons and crowds. It was crowded but not too bad. I had two specific items I wanted. Couldn't find either and settled on something else. Shit. You almost feel pressure to "just buy" something. It's hard to just look at something, in fear someone will rip it out from under you. Merry Christmas assholes.
I hope to try and get a quick ski in this morning. I will have to test the waters first (don't want to disrupt family time), I don't want to make the ripples too big or the proverbial shit may hit the fan. I am not even sure if the trails have been groomed after the snow but I hope to find out.
Later.