We only have one more choir event at the school on Thursday though it's hectic; it's a Christmas thing at my daughter's school, but we've gone every year as a family (though this has been the first years she has been in choir). They have crafts, cookies, the little kids sit on Santa's lap & take pictures, someone usually reads The Night Before Christmas before festivities start, but it runs until 8 PM, and my daughter gets homework in spelling (Spanish spelling, needing to know where to put the accent marks & the English translations), and H & I have all but forgotten our high school Spanish, so she needs to study. She's got science & math too usually as well as she's supposed to read 25 min. Luckily, she started the Harry Potter series and is now addicted to that so her reading goes easier. She reads at a 12th grade level, but she also needs a good book to read (one that interests her) or she reads very slowly and will not reach her 9 weeks reading goal, which upsets her.

I don't like homework put off, dinner put off, bath put off because of her noise sensitivity she will not blow dry her hair before bed, and I don't like her going to bed with wet hair because then it's impossible to deal with in the morning, and she gets very cranky about it (being a night owl and reading late into the night many nights, causing too little sleep though her hair is long and takes several hours to air dry), so mornings are rushed.

Then, I already promised the room mom I'd help with the class Christmas party on Dec. 20 since the mom came to the birthday party yesterday, stayed and chatted and is recovering from a horrible arm & wrist injury. Luckily, the kids have early dismissal at noon that day, and she said she has to talk to the teacher but thinks they'll want the moms there around 9 AM, so it's just 3 hours, and some of it is decorating as the whole school has a talent show and movie beforehand.

No way to get out of extended family Christmas, though I do have an aunt/uncle I'd rather not see because they cause drama every year. I do want to see my sister & nephews from the Dallas area as a drive from Houston to Dallas is not a drive one casually makes since it can take 4-6 hours and is getting more & more full of traffic nearly the entire way (so stressful driving).