Today I found myself wondering: is there such thing as too much Christmas cheer?

I think not but I may be getting close. For the first time this school year I missed lunch. And I <em>love</em> lunch. I have a group of Bulgarian students who tutor American teachers in Bulgarian and we were having a meeting/get-together for Christmas. I had students making up quizzes. I was prepping for class. I was doing a million other things rather than eating lunch.

It wasn't until nearly 4pm that I realized I'd forgotten to eat lunch and at that point there's very little you can do.

So I graded. I went to dance practice for the Christmas concert. I graded a little more. Then I went to a dinner and secret santa exchange at A's house. She lives on campus.

On the way home from school this evening, I realized that I've got something to do every day and night this week. That's when I really began to think about Christmas cheer and what the appropriate ratio of Christmas fun to face on my pillow time is and if I'm actually achieving the optimal balance. I might need to work on this for next year.

Tomorrow: caroling at lunch time, Balkan dance practice for the concert and then the international student group at school is hosting a dinner.

Wednesday: Christmas concert where I'll be dancing two different Bulgarian dances in national costume and drinks afterwards with alumni.

Thursday: a half day at school and a repeat of the Christmas concert.

Friday: our first day of Christmas Vacation.

Oh and I still have sugar cookie dough in my refrigerator that I've been meaning to roll out into cookies for the last couple of nights. I have no idea when that's going to happen. Making the dough was apparently the easy part. The hard part is finding time to roll them out. <em>Who knew?!</em>