Keeping It Real

We are about to return to school (work) after two weeks off for winter intersession. Which means Christmas break in a non-offensive public school label kind of way. While I would like to say that we spent the entire two weeks gazing lovingly into each others eyes, counting our blessings and snuggling our munchkins, I would be lying. We all spent the first week sick, typical winter break issue, and the second week trying not to kill one another. Turns out that 5 and 2 is a less than superfun!!! combination in child ages. It is a good thing they are cute. They take turns driving us crazy. One will FINALLY chill and the other one goes off. It is a never ending cycle.

Now take all of this with a grain of salt as I tend to get just a little bit STRESSED around the holidays. Family togetherness has never been my forte. If if weren't for my husband I would simply hide under the covers until it was all over. But alas he pulls me out from under the covers and forces me to interact and I survive. I would be a recluse if the situation presented itself.

I tend to READ READ READ when I need to escape. Over winter break I read: 90 Day Geisha: My Time As A Tokyo Hostess, Jane Eyre, and The Night Circus on my Kindle. I loved all of them. I cannot believe I waited this long to read Jane Eyre. I absolutely loved it. I then watched the BBC mini series of it with Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke which was just perfect. I searched to make sure I could find a version of Jane that had a decent actress playing the leading lady. Jane must be younger than Rochester, unattractive, and full of fire and spit. This version had it all. I am still working on Night Circus, I anticipate not sleeping enough until it is done. Especially since I am about to direct Romeo and Juliet which will probably take up a little time at school...just a little. Lucas and I also saw The Adventures of Tintin which I did not expect to love but I did. He and I were on the edge of our seats the entire time.

Overall our break was crazy, fabulous, nutso, and fun. A perfect family time.