It's "Crunch Time" and I Have NO Time Available With Which to Crunch At All!

It's "Crunch Time" people, and all I can think of right now is that Christmas is going to be a disaster! With Chickie taking Monday through Wednesday off, it piles everything on my single Friday, and it's a day when I'll have to do my grocery shopping, any holiday gifts, and whatever, talk with Aearwen at 4:00 pm, and rush to the store for gift exchange at 5:00 pm. Have I said lately that "I HATE CHRISTMAS"? If I haven't said it, consider it said. And the fact that Chickie is taking THREE DAYS OFF is really pissing me off. 

I have no time to even breathe between now and 
Christmas, and I still have gifts to buy, wrap and 
send, AND I have to work on my Wednesday. Which 
REALLY pisses me off. I need that extra day. 

Admittedly, it's not because she's taking "vacation" time. She's taking her Mom to Mayo Clinic for tests that Claire now has to undergo every three months. Tests to keep a sharp eye on her pancreatic cancer. I know it's medically necessary. But it's also THE FINAL WEEK OF CHRISTMAS and we ALL have things we need to do. None of which is going to get done while we're one short. 

At this time of the year, I've just about had my fill 
of Happy Holidays, cranky customers (whose ranks 
I will join on Friday) and people fighting schedules. 

So I'm pissed, and I'm grumbling, and I'm generally not in a "Ho, Ho, Ho" mood. At all! 

I'm totally in a "Bah Humbug" mood today. I can't 
see any way to accomplish everything I need to 
accomplish this week in a single day! Life Sucks! 

I'm waiting on two gifts to arrive. I ordered them, within 24 hours of one that I ordered for Chickie. Her's arrived 1-1/2 weeks ago. The other two are still pending. Since I need to send one of them to Sharon in Denver, that's causing me to have a serious problem. I might still receive it before Christmas, but the chances are really good I can't get it to her by Christmas. I'll need to text her today and apologize. I think this might be the only time in decades I'll be late with a holiday gift. I understand the mail system is groaning under the holiday loads, and at least we're not England who has their postal service on strike, but I still like my friends to have gifts under their tree, not arriving late. 

Normally I have a fall-back, but in this particular case, and 
with the lack of time I have available to me, I don't even 
have that. It's going to be a miserable Christmas all around. 

So, I'm, out of here. Time to get this cluster-f__k on the road and figure out if I can pull off any holiday miracles. I'm having sincere doubts about being able to pull things out of the darkness that this week is turning into, but I'm at least going to try. Still ... I'M PISSED and NOT HAPPY! Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow - hopefully in a better mood. Slava Ukraini.