Commitments

This morning Abby and I cut through the church's sanctuary to get to her classroom.

"Look. The trees and decorations are gone," I told her.

"Yep. The holidays are over," she said.

And boy are they. I know we are fortunate to have off the time that we do over the holidays but sometimes that January wallop doesn't seem worth it. In the next three weeks we have one church potluck dinner, Abby's birthday, a science project, two School of Rock performances, four rehearsals, four music lessons, one Spelling Bee, the Dallas Bar Association Inaugural Dinner, two Adventure Guides camp outs and one Science Fair project.

I hate to wish my time away but I'm already looking forward to February.