I am going bi this Christmas. Bi-coastal, that is. Grandma is on the move.

We celebrated our pre-Christmas Christmas yesterday with my daughter and family out here on the West Coast. As far as pre-Christmas Christmases go, this one was perfect – no calories involved, just simply the exchange of gifts – no fuss, no muss. Which isn’t my motto, but I’m working on it.

Tonight I fly off to the East Coast on the redeye, landing in Boston tomorrow morning before sunrise, then watching the sun come up on the bus trip up to New Hampshire.

It’s hit the ground running for Grandma: three days until our post-Christmas Christmas, this one with my son and his family who will arrive in very post-Christmas fashion late on the 26th, in time for post-Christmas Christmas on the 27th. And we’re all bunking in at Grandpa’s for the hols. Six people, one bathroom, how great is this going to be?

Here’s where things stand. Our production team, which consists of Grandma and Grandpa, and our collective Done list and To-Do list:

Done: 1) Turkey is thawing in the fridge. 2) Christmas tree is on the porch waiting to come inside. 3) Presents ordered from Amazon sitting there waiting for me to …

To-Do: 1) Wrap them. 2) Put up the tree and decorate it and the house. 3) Reconfigure furniture so it all fits. It can be done. 4) Make grocery shopping list for everything but the turkey. 5) Go shopping. 6) Baking – don’t even mention it. 7) See the Bob Dylan movie. 8) Sleep, preferably before or after the movie.

If I sound a bit stressed, really I’m not. I’ve got three 24-hour days to get it all done, and look at you, if your eyes are on this on Monday morning, you’ve only got two days left. I’ve got it easy.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah everyone!

It wouldn’t be the holidays without Darlene Love …