All The December Things!

Happy December! 

Happy last month of 2018, happy month filled with celebration & twinkle lights, happy birthday month to me!!!!

My Decembers are notoriously BUSY. I remember my post in this blog from 2 years ago and my December plans were a hot mess. I was trying to cram sooo much into one month! Well, this year is actually pretty similar! Let's first take a look back at my November goals to see how I did, and then journey down the path of the craziest month of the year!

November Goals: 
1. Write poetry. I haven't been writing a lot of poetry, but I sure have been writing a lot besides that!
2. Take grad school steps. I submitted my application to my first school last night!!!
3. Make fun plans. SO MANY! Four friends are coming to visit me today (we're doing SantaCon Boston!), and I'm having a pajama party at my friend's house for my birthday!
4. Meal prep. I kinda did this, but because of Thanksgiving leftovers I have been HEAVILY putting off grocery shopping (also to save $), soooo this one was kind of a fail this month.
5. Contribute to family dinners. Also a fail! Thanksgiving snuck up on me and I didn't end up having time to buy ingredients!
6. Move that body. I had one AMAZING week of workouts and then I fell off after Thanksgiving! But I know I can do it now, I just need to stick to the schedule I made myself.
7. Be grateful! Of course! So grateful for the holidays, family, and friends. And of course, Cosmo.

Now time for .....

This December is another crazy month, so I'm breaking it down by weeks again, just like I did all those years ago! 

Week 1: December 1st to 8th

• SanataCon Boston with my CT friends is December 1st! Be a great hostess, clean the house, get appetizers & alcohol.
• December 7th is my friend Leora's birthday! Go out to drinks with her!
• December 8th is Courtney's housewarming party/Christmas party in CT! Remember to bring a nice bottle of wine and Yankee swap gift!
  
  

Week 2: December 9th to 15th

• Start buying Christmas presents on Amazon before it's too late! 
• This is the only weekend I don't have plans, so relax & restore for the rest of the month!
  
  

Week 3: December 16th to 22nd

• My birthday week!!!!!
• Out for drinks with friends on the 19th to celebrate my unfortunate aging! 
• Bake cookies for the staff cookie swap on the 20th
• Get an ugly Christmas sweater and Yankee swap gift for the staff holiday party on the 20th
• Pajama party with my friends in CT on either the 19th or the 20th (because nothing says "I'm elderly" like asking your friends to throw you a pajama party so you don't have to go outside in the cold!)

Week 4: December 22nd to 31st

• Enjoy Christmas and my Christmas vacation from work to the FULLEST! 
• Read a ton of good books
• Sleep in & relax
• Write write write! 
• Spend New Year's Eve with my friends (as opposed to last year when I didn't do anything for some reason and was extremely bitter about it) !!!
  
  

Overarching Goals for December:

- Don't spend money unless I absolutely need to!

- Get back into my weekly workout habit! 

- Work on consistency in creativity (art, drawing, writing, blogging)

- Stay on top of bills! 

- Be present & enjoy the magic of this season! 

All The December Things

Another month, GONE.

I did a pretty good job in November of living my mantras. I was spontaneous, I continued writing in this blog for numero uno (me, obviously, ahah), I did not contribute to Thanksgiving dinner but then again I was banned from the kitchen by crazy female relatives, I did start texting my long distance friends more, I didn't do Yoga but I downloaded some Yoga apps and meditated so... success! Onto the next month (and the last... wtf)

December is the last month I have to get it together for 2016. How am I supposed to fit all of this into 31 short days??!?! I feel like a mad woman. I've drafted several calendars for the month of December already, trying to figure out if I can see a light show, bake several dozen batches of cookies, finish Christmas shopping, and run a 5k... all in one day.

Help. Send help. 

The end of a year has never felt so frantic and short for me. Yes, I want to squeeze it ALL IN. Can I? I dunno. I have four weekends to try and do what feels like seven million different things.

So because this month is so wild and crazy I've literally settled on breaking it down into weeks 1 through 4. I wish this was a happy happy crunchy granola goals post like I've been doing, but we JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT THIS MONTH. '

Week 1 (12/1-12/4)

• get my festive manicure on Friday afternoon 
• visit The Christmas House Friday night (a house that's been featured on Christmas Wars and shows like that) 
• decorate EVERYTHING
• finish buying Christmas presents (cuz it's pay day tomorrow, heyyy!) 
• go to my dance studio's holiday performance Saturday evening
• go to L's friends' Friendsgiving Saturday evening (if time permits)
• get a Christmas tree Sunday afternoon 
• work on grad school applications

Week 2 (12/5-12/11)

• use my free facial gift certificate before it expires on the 11th
• go to a festival of lights on Friday evening
• have a wine night with coworker friends on Friday evening (not sure if I can do both ^^, lolz)
• go to Santa Con in Boston on Saturday 
• have my friend give me a tour of her campus in Cambridge on Sunday
• work on grad school applications

Week 3 (12/12-12/18)

• bake Christmas cookies... at some point
• see the Cirque Du Soleil Holiday Show with my dance studio Saturday night
• go to NYC for a day trip and walk around in awe and wonder on Sunday
• work on grad school applications 

Week 4 (12/19-12/31)

• celebrate my birthday in true 24 year old fashion... with tequila shots and cheese quesadillas on Monday night into Tuesday
• get a massage on Tuesday, my actual day of birth
• wrap up the Christmas presents! 
• have a wonderful Christmas with my fam, then with L's fam in Massachusetts
• do SOMETHING AWESOME for NYE (I'm begging you, any ideas? I still don't know!) 
• APPLY TO GRAD SCHOOL. 

I apologize that this was likely the most hectic and stressful goals post you've ever read.
I'm laughing maniacly just looking at it :')

I feel frantic and like I need to pour some Bailey's into my coffee asap, so excuse me while I go try and make a thousand paper snowflakes while online shopping while listening to Yuletide carols while watching Elf while scheduling my facial.

xoxo