Time travel by advent calendar........it's the future!

Whoa! It's the 8th December........when the hell did that happen? I've only opened 1 and 2 on my advent calendar. I guess I'll have a chocolate fest when I'm in the mood.

I just had an awesome thought. What if you could control time with your advent calendar? Like if I'd only opened 2 doors, then I couldn't actually move on to the 3rd December until I'd opened the next door. And you could also go back in time, by closing the doors again. That would be cool. I'd close them all again and stay at November the 30th for about another month, then I could:
1) Get all my portfolios up to date at work.
2) Get a submission out to at least 2 agents before Christmas.
3) Continue editing book 1 and writing book 2.
4) Have more rehearsals for my Christmas show and more time to make props....and when I say props, I mean PANTS! Ha ha! (If only you knew)
5) And of course finish off the god damn Christmas shopping. URGH!

But alas, the time is slipping away and soon another year will be spent. And we'll all get older and crabbier and if you're me, more bitter and twisted and gnarled (best word ever!).

This time of year always tends to get me riled up, especially with talk of nativity. I babysat for one of my ex little girls and she told me she was playing an angel in the Christmas Nativity at her school. I couldn't help but tense up, the fists balling at my sides. This is where a lot of my bitterness stems from. It's like the original bitterness........ I wanted to be an angel, but I was fat and freckly with long dark hair. Clearly NOT angel material. All the blond girls got the part as they were all so pretty and dainty. URGH! And guess what role I played??????

The narrator, because, and I quote: "You have a loud voice."

Wow! Now did they really think that wasn't gonna affect me for the rest of my life! Implying that you might be ugly and fat, but you have a nice strong voice and you can sing loud too. OOOOO goody. I'm just brimming with happiness! And after 24 years I'm still angry about it. I would have been a shit hot angel! The coolest one! But hey, their loss. And anyway, I'm thin now, which can't be said of all the past angels.......yeah facebook comes in handy for some things. Ha ha! YOU BITCH! (Slap my own wrist)

Anyhoo, I have to cut this short in order to get to work on time. On the early twirly shift this week.Yipee! 
More parent teacher meetings this morning and more pants and more rehearsals and more stress! You gotta love a good stress. My body doesn't though. The skin is literally peeling itself off my hands, leaving me with cuts and sores and dry irritated hands. (Thought I'd leave with a lovely image there......You're welcome.)

Happy Thursday. We're getting to the end of the week. Keep going, you can make it!
Helen