Waiting for Thai Food

So now I'm sitting here in my nice empty quiet office killing time until the enormous pickup order of delicious Thai food intended for a big family dinner tonight is ready for me to pick up and bring over to my parents' house. Yes, there is still one more round of family holiday craziness to go through. My brother and sister-in-law and their two kids (including Eli's favorite buddy, his older cousin Jonah) have just arrived from Nevada City so tonight is an "informal" get together for hangout and Thai food, and then tomorrow will be a full day of family fun, complete with a visit to the Exploratorium, present exchanges, and the traditional over-the-top crabfest (we're talking 10 crabs for 6 adults and 3 kids, and the kids barely even eat crab) holiday dinner. Whee!

Frankly though, as much as I'm looking forward to spending time with family, I am thoroughly ready to get all those presents out of my house and logistics off my brain and to be *done* with all this holiday stuff already. Bring on the new year, please. I'm ready for a little dose of "ordinary" routine before everything gets completely disrupted again with the new baby. (Ack! Only 10 weeks left until due-day! 10 weeks! That's...nothin'!)