It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

It took three nights, but we finally finished getting our tree up tonight. Sunday, we bought the tree and got it in the stand. Monday night, we put the lights on. Tonight, the ornaments, angel, and tree skirt completed our holiday cheer. I don't know what my problem is this year. We usually put our tree up the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My Christmas cards typically go out by December 1st. Not this year . . .
Nothing like a looming deadline to get me to work. I needed to finish my graduate class final last night. I had had the first question for a few weeks, but visitors, trips to Austin, and football playoff games are so much more fun than working on a final. I decided that last night was "the" night to finish the final. So what did I do last night? Cooked dinner: green beans, mashed potatoes, meatloaf; washed and put away four loads of laundry; worked on my Christmas cards; and finished my final.
Tonight I brought home stacks of papers to grade. It's nine already and it is not looking good for getting those papers graded. Dave has to be at work at seven tomorrow morning; I'll leave with him bright and early and attack those papers.