Christmas choas

I know it is horrible to think of Christmas already, but unlike the stores I waited until after halloween.  I am a poor college student.  So gifts for Christmas are usually baked goods, and are usually the same things every year.  This year I am going to expand my skills and try some new types of cookies.  On top of that I am making the Christmas cake for my Nana's Christmas party.  It is very similiar to Andrea's birthday cake but I am changing it a little.  For my finals week at college I am baking to get all of my stress out.  When I bake to get rid of stress no one better get in my way.  So a lot of my cookies will get done then, also the prep for the cake will be done at that time.  When I get home it is the weekend before Christmas and not a lot of time to bake cookies.  Of course on top of that short time I made it even shorter by covering my mom's schedule that week so she can have a vacation.  Which she so needs and deserves.  So short time to bake all of these new cookies and a cake to finish.  Some people can view this as stressful but not to me, to me it feels like an adventure and if I don't finish oh well.  People that are receiving these don't know exactly what I wanted to put in it, so they wouldn't know if one type of cookie is not in there because I didn't have time.  The only stressful part of this is the cake.  Since everyone will be expecting a cake, and everyone will view it, makes me a little nervous.  This nervousness will grow once the time is closer but for now I am not worrried as much.  One thing that is going to help with the cake is that my Nana is going to help, she doesn't know about that yet but she is :).