LonelySutton
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I have a love hate relationship with the holidays. But I am feeling that old creeping holiday depression coming at me. It typically starts off in a few ways.
On the holidays themselves, the world comes to a halt. There is nothing on tv, you can't go shopping, you can't go to the library, if you get sick you probably won't get the care you would on any other day, if your cat gets sick, well you will be pretty much at the emergency vet, if you are at work, you really can't do much, if your heater breaks... good luck with that, it is like you have fallen into a scary vacuum where all you can really do is a. have friends / family or b. sleep. It is like this scary time each year where I feel like the world has left me and I am literally all on my own and, I resent it.
This year is no different. I am already shoving things into my work that I shouldn't be doing because people are trying to clear before the holiday week. My cat is sick and I worry that I will get stuck with him in dire straights during this vacume time. He tends to only get sick when nothing is open. ( my vet doesn't feel it is serious and wants to take a wait and see approach). On top of all that I have a list of gifts I have to get (not sure why as I ate all these people) and I want to send x-mas cards but I doubt I will have the time. On top of all that I am waiting for something to happen that I want to happen (I hear tomorrow) and if it doesn't happen I know it will put off until December because of the holiday. F*** the holiday. I am SICK of the holiday.
Then, shall week talk the constant threat of bad weather?
Anyone else feeling it?
- Work is compressed: Typically people like to take a lot of time off around the holiday, so in order to accommodate this, EVERYTHING has to be shoved into the weeks around the holidays. So those weeks are hell, full of rushing and frustration. So people can go away for the holiday weeks. Also during these compressed work weeks, there are Christmas parties, informal Christmas parties, Christmas cards, buying decorations, buying gifts... and on and on and on.
On the holidays themselves, the world comes to a halt. There is nothing on tv, you can't go shopping, you can't go to the library, if you get sick you probably won't get the care you would on any other day, if your cat gets sick, well you will be pretty much at the emergency vet, if you are at work, you really can't do much, if your heater breaks... good luck with that, it is like you have fallen into a scary vacuum where all you can really do is a. have friends / family or b. sleep. It is like this scary time each year where I feel like the world has left me and I am literally all on my own and, I resent it.
This year is no different. I am already shoving things into my work that I shouldn't be doing because people are trying to clear before the holiday week. My cat is sick and I worry that I will get stuck with him in dire straights during this vacume time. He tends to only get sick when nothing is open. ( my vet doesn't feel it is serious and wants to take a wait and see approach). On top of all that I have a list of gifts I have to get (not sure why as I ate all these people) and I want to send x-mas cards but I doubt I will have the time. On top of all that I am waiting for something to happen that I want to happen (I hear tomorrow) and if it doesn't happen I know it will put off until December because of the holiday. F*** the holiday. I am SICK of the holiday.
Then, shall week talk the constant threat of bad weather?
Anyone else feeling it?