I’m really behind on my preparations for the winter. It’s because of all this overtime work I’ve had to take with my job. My boss basically told all of us that if you wanted to keep our positions that we would be working overtime for the foreseeable future. That’s really frustrating when you already need the job desperately. And when I took the job I wasn’t expecting it to turn into something like this where we would have to work overtime with no choice whatsoever. And it was sprung on us at the last minute too. Aside from lacking winter preparations in my house, I also haven’t gotten any of my holiday shopping started either. I usually like to get all this stuff done early in the winter season so I’m not left procrastinating with all of my errands. One of the biggest things I have to do to prepare for the winter season is to make sure there’s no drafts in the house. That means ceiling all of the windows and doors properly. I also have to chop enough wood for the wood stove in the fireplace. We use our wood heating system as a major source of heat for the entire house. If I don’t keep the wood chopped, I’ll have to be chopping wood out when it’s cold outside. Hopefully, I will get enough wood chopped in the next month to cover me for the rest of the winter season. I have enough fallen trees on my property to provide me firewood for the next 5 years at least. That’s a really good feeling knowing that it helps us keep the house warm during the coldest portions of the winter season.