Feels like Finals...

I remember when I was in college (woah, I feel too young to be referencing the good ol' days...) I used to get really antsy and anxious for Christmas. I would be in the middle of finals, listening to Christmas music on Delilah, and trying my best not to think about all the other things I would have rather been doing instead of studying or working on a project.

I'm at the end of my 2010 season and I'm so anxious for a break. I'm ready to re-work pricing and marketing materials for 2011. I am ready to get energized and learn some great info at the Imaging conference this year. I am excited to go to Florida to see all my photographer pals and really dive in deep with business talks and bouncing ideas off one another.  I am ready to focus on packing up our house and moving into the new one. (Though packing and moving just to unpack it all seems extremely pointless and lame.)  I'm nervous about booking weddings and portrait clients for 2011. I have gotten inquiries, but tons of people are taking forever and a day to get back with me.  Am I priced right? Am I out there in google-land? Are people even finding me?

My head feels constantly cluttered with too much information. So much so that last week I completely forgot about coffee with one of my past clients. She sent me a text 25 minutes into what would have been our coffee date and asked if I was coming. I have NEVER done that before. Never say never, I suppose. She was extremely forgiving and understanding, but boy did I feel crappy.

Okay, on to something other than photography...

Our Christmases start on Saturday. We'll be at the Michalk's all day, and then either have to head back to Austin so I can do a session Sunday morning and then go back to Giddings for my grandparent's Christmas that evening... OR... we go back to Austin Sunday afternoon to make it for the session Sunday evening. Then we have a bit more work during the week, and then head back to Giddings for Christmas. I need to wrap gifts. We don't have a tree up, and somehow my perception of how deep we are into December is skewed because of it. I just had to glance at my calendar on the computer to see that today is the 16th. Good gracious!

I have packed a total of 4 boxes. Four small boxes filled with books. I look around me and there's just SO much stuff. I can't believe this. How have we become such hoarders? I want so badly to purge and clean everything out before moving, but I don't know if there will be enough time for all of that.

Anyway, I suppose that's all for now. Enough rambling and back to work... thinking thoughts of Christmas. Maybe I'll play my Glee Christmas album again.