It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

This weekend marked the unofficial start of the Christmas season for me. Hubby and I have already put up the tree, bought some presents, and sent the cards, but now I'm really starting to feel the traditional hold-on-to-your-hat-it's-gonna-be-a-whirlwind season.

Friday night was the boat's Christmas party downtown. It was a fun party, but getting there was a pain in the a$$. The city of Honolulu decided that the busiest time of year would be ideal to close a major road for repaving. Seriously. So the 6 mile trip took an hour and a half. But once we got there, we had tons of fun! There were door prizes, like a big screen TV and stuff. We didn't stay too long to see who won that- the dinner and everything was pushed back to allow people more time to get there. Oh, and speaking of the dinner, it was very yummy. Salad with craisins (YES!), veggies, chicken, rolls, pork... yum. And, a cranberry cheesecake. Holy crap, probably the best thing I've tasted in awhile.

Anyway, we had to leave "early" at 10pm so we could get home to LB, so we didn't stay the whole time, but up until we left, it was very enjoyable. Everyone was in a good mood (or pretended to be). I was extremely unfortunate to have to sit right next to the Parenting Genius. She definitely drank more than she should and disclosed some TMI right during a mouthful of chicken, but I just acted aloofishly polite, if that's possible. :)

Yesterday, the band had a concert at Mililani. I brought my keyboard because we couldn't borrow the school's, and somehow, between set-up and the start of the concert, it broke. I'm pretty sure someone tripped over the power cord, because when I went to play it, it wouldn't turn on and the plug seemed very loose, like it had been yanked on. *sigh* It's disappointing, because it's the only keyboard I have, which means I'll be waiting several years until we get a nice one. But, it was old and bound to break at some point. I'm just bummed that it choose yesterday to do it!

When I came home, we took LB for a drive around the island, then took him to the park at the air force base. He didn't like the monkey bars or slide much, but he loved the baby swing! Hubby swung next to him and they had a blast laughing at each other.

Today is a birthday party for my neighbor's boy, then all this week I have something to do almost every day. Monday is the only exception, which is nice because I think Hubby will be home a little early that day. Tuesday is a concert, Wednesday is the kid's Christmas party, Thursday is the SOWC holiday party, Friday is the band holiday party, Saturday is another concert, and Sunday is our last concert. Whew! Somewhere in there, Hubby will be underway for a little bit, which just makes it all that more stressful!