The 12-hour Curse and the time before Christmas

It's only the 14th of November, but in my head, the preparations for Christmas are already well under way. The first presents are bought and wrapped in beautiful vintage paper, the first home-made cookies are baked by the masterchef that is my 8 year old son, and I feel the christmassy spirit sneaking up on me.

I think that this year I've been determined to start the preparations early for two particular reasons.

1. My illness makes me have to write everything down in order to not forget it... So I expect there to be surprises I hadn't considered... And because I suffer from a phenomenon I've aptly named "The 12 hour curse" (Definition of The 12 hour curse: Anytime I do something that wears me out mentally (f.ex spend time in a shopping centre, arrange a Dreamcatcher-concert, hang out with friends, have a therapy-session ++) my mind gets so worn out that I collapse into a comalike-state for a minimum of 12 hours before I wake up and am ready to repeat the whole thing all over again), I keep losing huge chunks of days, so I recon that in order to get it all sorted in time for Christmas I have to start early.

2. I have a very busy December planned with gigs, touring and most importantly, starting my new job, so I expect to be struck by the 12 hour curse a lot, losing a lot of that wondrous pre-christmas time... :p

But despite the obstacles, I am determined to have the best pre-christmas time ever, with my son, my friends and my amazing family. And then.... The best Christmas ever! I'm already looking forward to it like a little kid, and here are a few photos from last years holidays to get you just as excited as me ;)   

So there you go: That was my postcard perfect Christmas of 2011. Now all I'm left with is this slightly worrying feeling: How on EARTH am I going to capture the Christmas of 2012 without photographing  the exact same things as in 2011??! :O