Baking Holiday Cookies

My nervous system went on high alert - “BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! This is a test of Susan’s Emergency Broadcast System. Big life changes with unknown outcomes hover on the horizon. Waves of catastrophe are possible. Take action and seek shelter immediately. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!”

I strapped on my hiking boots. Climbed two mountains.

I started baking Christmas cookies. Sheets and sheets of cookies.

I invited all the neighbors over for Christmas dinner.

It was pure avoidance.