Blah Humbug

Someone broke into the van last night and made away with many of Tom's tools. They broke open one of the wing windows. So he spent much of the day fixing the window.
It's really frustrating that we just can't seem to get caught up. I really hope this string of bad luck breaks soon. Every time he's supposed to have a big job something happens, every time we start to get caught up....surprise! All sorts of things have been going on that just are not good. It's been really messing with my normal holiday spirit. I love Christmas. It's my favorite holiday. Normally if things are not going well it doesn't bother me so much because I'm still having fun going around buying stuff for the kids and everyone. This year I haven't been able to buy very much at all, and I'm just going to have to be very cautious about spending. So Christmas shopping isn't distracting me from our problems this year, it's adding to them. I can think of 19 people that we have to buy presents for, though I might be forgetting a few. Hopefully Black Friday will help restore my normal holiday spirits. At least somewhat. And then decorating the house might help also. Well, I have to find my holiday spirits no matter what, it's part of my job as a parent. If nothing else, I should be able to fake my way into it for them. Which would be good for me too I guess.