Post Mortem...

holiday let down.

These days after the holidays are like a big hormonal let down. It's like Holiday-pause. Thankful that the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is done for the last year, saddened by all the things that didn't happen for you last year.

All the presents are forgotten. The reason behind every celebration (holiday: Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanza etc) is over and tucked away until the end of the year. Family is back to their fun, dysfunctional selves. You don't have to see Great Aunt Martha who squeezes your cheeks for about twelve more months. It's a big upheaval.

New Years resolutions are written and some are already broken.

The kids are back to themselves. No more trying to be good so you get all the expensive stuff they'll forget about later. The bills are piling up from all the holiday festivities.

Yup, everything is back to normal.

I don't want it to be back to normal. I want the fun to continue.

Ok, so I'm lying.

I just want this year to be better than last year. That's all I want.

Is that so much to ask?

I don't think so.

It shouldn't be that hard. Baby steps right? I need to remind myself that I am better off than a bazillion people on the face of the earth.

I have so much more than I need. I'm so lucky. So why do I have Holiday-pause? Who the hell knows!

Joy to the world, and junk and stuff.

~Kim