21 Days Left In The Year (!!!)

Last Nonclinical Work Day Until . . . 2026?!

Did you know there are only 3 weeks left in the year!?

I mentioned recoiling in horror as I created my calendar for December. The main reason for that was the realization that I had exactly 4 nonclinical work days (and 2/4 were truncated due to lack of childcare) in which to cram . . . well, a lot. It’s PLANNING SEASON, after all!

Next week I am on call from Monday morning until Friday at 5 pm. And THEN we head to Montana (which thankfully seems to be slowly accumulating more snow). I knew it would go fast.

Anyway, anxiety is a powerful motivator for me. And I am happy to say I’m in decent shape, creative-work-wise! I ended up doing a good bit on the weekend over the last couple of weekends. But, here we are, nonclinical work day #4/4. Here’s a little behind the scenes of exactly what I have going on:

TODAY:

❏ BLP at Home, Session #2 (Session #1 was Monday and I think it went really well!!)

❏ Patreon Mini Annual Planning Party

❏ BOBW Recording with Laura (1 full ep; 2 “intro/QA”)

❏ Discussion of BLP Live 2026 (nothing in-depth we just need to decide on numbers etc . . .)

❏ BLP ep x 1 (for Dec 29 – will be doing the solo discussion of my 2026 goals which are starting to feel pretty set!)

Sooooo basically 5 hours of running my mouth into a microphone. That is more hours than is ideal but once I’m done, that will mostly be it until 2026!!! (I do still have to record the BLP ep for January 5th, but that will be over the weekend).

Thankfully everything is already prepped script-wise and presentation wise so this day is really a PERFORMANCE day. And when I’m done, I’ll be in really good shape until January! I am going to give myself a mini pat on the back right now because all of this took a lot of work. And ummm, planning. Ha.

This was unplanned though . . .

So yesterday after posting about the hot chocolate I ended up pivoting and decided I needed a cafe mocha from Starbucks in lieu of the aforementioned packet. And THEN . . what to my wondering eyes should appear // in the line are those cups I’ve been chasing all year! (Not really all year, but the Christmas Wrappings lyric just felt right).

BEHOLD:

I will now proceed to sell them on Etsy for $95 to fund the rest of our shopping. JKJKJK but what a find this was! Added to Hanukkah spreadsheet and I am certain the recipients will be happy. (One recipient may read this but she already knows about this find so I think it’s ok 🙂 ).

OKAY LET’S DO THIS!

I know I will be exhausted by the end of today but I also think I will be very relieved, like I’ve taken a slew of finals and can breathe. ONWARD and hoping to end 2025 on a high note!