Reality set in at 5:30 this morning when a voice from over there is yakking about time and temperatures--but mostly about winter sport scores that I don't give a hoot about. Ugh. It's Monday, the New Year, and back to non-holiday mundaneness. So, what did I do with my life for the past few weeks? Uh, run around like a nut. I mean, past running for gifts and all that jazz, we did a lot of hanging out with friends, going out to eat just the 4 of us, and having fun. Of course, there was work and work outings crammed in there--making the days just a little more jam-packed than I would have liked.
I have a holiday hang-over, feeling stressed putting all this stuff away and trying to clean the house, do the laundry and the ironing, and all that other stuff we need to prepare for the work week ahead. I'm still wondering why, as a nation, we don't just declare the week between Christmas and New Year's a holiday and give all of us poor souls a break. Would it be so bad if we all just ate PB & J instead of ordering pizzas and carrying out food? And who needs any more crap from the stores? Didn't we all just get enough for Christmas?
So, I welcome the New Year with grumbles and a back-ache to make me walk like an old man. I drag my weary bones into the office to earn money to pay the bills and to pretend I'm productive. I'll smile past the steam of my coffee--but I'm secretly wishing I was still in my jammies, having that holiday week off and relaxing. Sigh.
It escaped me, those two weeks of Christmas and New Year's. There are still people I want to see and things I want to do! I'm not ready for xeroxing and emails. I don't want to talk HR talk and process 401(k) loans. I don't even want to flip my calendar over at work to find new obligations and places I have to be.
The mere absence of Jim's twinkly lights sets my mood. Why does the New Year have to come in so hard and fast? If I had my way, it would come in on comfy slippers and a warm robe.
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I had two days off in two weeks-I feel reborn! Wow a vacation! Ugh. I wish I had a week off any time. We spent all morning Thursday looking for grandpa's lost wallet. Then I wrote a cranky letter to taxpayers on my blog since tax season is now open. My heater went out Thursday-$622 later (my one of two "extra" paychecks a year-no sooner do I cash it and prepare a nice deposit than I walk into a cold house).
Oh yeah, Happy New Year!!
I still have today off so my reality doesn't kick in until tomorrow. I have one more day reprieve. I think I shall spend it in my craft room.
But you are right, getting back into a routine is always a bummer after all the holiday hubbub. Do you have a 'Family Day' vacation in February? We do in Canada. But oh that seems so far away.... :(
Happy Monday Lin!
xo Catherine
Hip-wader season will be here before you know it. Now, that's a time for celebration! (Just remember, it's your fault that I have become obsessed about such.)
I always look forward to the week between the holidays for some leisurely relaxing, but it's over before I even get to start. I'm grumbling right alongside you!
I just calculated the clock...I can fall back asleep right now and if I move fast I can look lovely in a scruffy kind of way and grab another 40 minutes sleep. I AM ONE TIRED NOT PREPARED FOR WORK TODAY GAL!
I have one more day off work. Back tomorrow. I know, just know, I'll be crying the whole way in.
The first week of January is always tough. I especially dislike the greyish and freezing cold weather over here right now - without the twinkly Xmas lights it's pretty depressing :-/
It gets better I think...
Here, it is driving, and driving, and driving. But it'll be worth it. By the end of the week I may have time to catch up with D&W-- I've missed a few.
Keep smiling through that coffee steam; perhaps that will mask your yearning to be home.
I was thinking yesterday as I took down all of the decorations that it's 11 months of anticipation for one month of revelry. And it goes much too fast.
Well you know how I feel about it - good bye, good riddance to the holiday nonsense. Of course the new year should come in hard and fast - set the pace for a new year - Talley-ho!
Getting back to the normal routine is a bit of a drag after having fun on the holidays, but I also feel like I accomplish a lot more when the holiday time is over and I can now get back to getting things done!
"Why does the New Year have to come in so hard and fast? If I had my way, it would come in on comfy slippers and a warm robe."
And if it would bring you a large cup of hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick in it.
I have to admit, I am kind of relieved it is over. There is a lot of pressure having everyone around all the time.
And THAT, my dear dear friend, is why I am a professional blogger.
(It's after Noon, and I'm still in my bathrobe. But I do have a HECK of a lot of work to do today).
lol
Hang in there. Easter is practically around the corner!
I'd like it to arrive in comfy slippers too. (Shhh... I'm pretending I'm being productive too!)
Happy New Year! :)
Hmn...so why can't Jim keep up his twinkly lights for the rest of the year? You know, if I misses them so much. Sheesh. It has got to be the roughest Monday of the year!
"in on comfy slippers and a warm robe"...you realize you're describing "the golden years" don't you? ! Frans Dad
I agree. I was off from the day before christmas eve until this morning and I feel like I need a vacation from my vacation.
I agree. I was off from the day before christmas eve until this morning and I feel like I need a vacation from my vacation.
I'm glad the holidays are over but I wouldn't mind comfy slippers and a warm robe on a Monday morning. Sure beats work clothes and getting up early to head out the door
I need someone to beat me into doing all that stuff you are working on so diligently
It was so hard for me to log onto work today knowing not only was it back to work after the holidays but it was tax season. I think the new year holiday celebration should last until at least February! :)
I think in the year 2011, we should have evolved enough in the work force that wear our robes and comfy slippers to work.
Helene--You did???! GREAT! Sorry about the furnace, but you did get a vacation! Hooray! It's kinda like hell froze over--in your house. ;)
Catherine--No family day here, Catherine. That might be a nice trend to start here in the states. I will institute that right after the mandatory week off between Christmas and New Years.
Fish--Geesh, you LOVE those waders, don't you??
Violet--No kidding. There just is never enough down time is there? Bummer.
Jodi--Cannot even imagine going to work after your trip. Ugh. I feel your pain, pally.
Kathy--Oh, it's awful, just awful. The only thing that helped was that we celebrated somebody's birthday in the office. Nothing says New Year like cake!
Duni--Does it?? I'm not sure. I don't think it gets better until April. This is the tough time of year--January, February, and March. Ugh. Dreary Central.
Vanilla--Nothing much happened here, pally, so you didn't miss a thing. I took a few days off and chilled. It was nice. Safe travels, my friend.
Pricilla--No kidding! I also realized after packing up all that stuff into tubs how easy it would be to toss it all away! ;)
Grace--Please, Grace. Can't we ease into the new year quietly--like the world has a hangover? I think so.
Hot Rocks--I just want to toss everything and fix up the house this time of year. Too bad the checkbook doesn't agree. :(
Chuck--That would be lovely. Can you make that happen???!
Anne--That and you have to be "up" for parties the whole time. I got tired of having to go someplace by the time the holidays were over. It is exhausting.
Rebecca--Go ahead...rub it in. Ugh.
Storm--Yeah, can we all just talk in hushed tones for a week and ease into work?? I think it should be required.
Nancy--I asked him if he wanted to leave them up, but he said no. I think he is secretly wanting to retire, but Irene and I won't let him. We'll miss him too much.
Fran's Dad--Oh, CRAP!
DG--No kidding! All that celebrating is exhausting, isn't it?!
Ann--Oh, it was horrid to have that alarm waking me up this morning. Even Hobbes didn't want to get up. Painful. Very painful.
Sharky--Don't do it if you don't have to, Sharky. It's not all that it is cracked up to be.
Beaded Tail--Yikes. It's the worst time of the year for you now. sorry, pally. :( We'll tiptoe around until May, okay?
Highway--Heck, I'd settle for jeans and a cuddly sweater for most days. I'm sick of slacks and heels already. Ugh.
I know how you feel. It's only a few days into January, and I'm already feeling like slitting my wrists. If January came in a little less violently, maybe it wouldn't be the dreariest month of the year.
I couldn't agree more, Lin!
BTW - School reopened on Monday and I'm still on holiday mode!
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