It's over .... the holiday
 

Is anyone else VERY glad the holiday is over?
How very, very dreadful.
I KNEW if I didn't talk I would be criticized for that. So I tried to talk and, of course, didn't finish one sentence in 6 hours because I talk so disgustingly s-l-o-w-ly and have trouble finding words. That's called stupidity.

I smiled so much I was told I have a stupid smile.
I give up.

{{{{Jingle}}}}

I know exactly how you feel. I'm so so glad it's all over but in reality it's only beginning. :( It's not dreadful it's just how we feel sometimes. And I certainly know what it's like to find words. I'm having a really, really hard time in that area and it's not stupidity. You try to say things that are "right" and try to be so careful that you can't think what to say.

I hope today is a better day for you. And I bet your smile was beautiful. :D

Jingle,
That's exactly how I feel. I pasted on a smile, even though I am about this far from inpatient treatment, and I didn't say much at my family gathering either. I was just so happy to get home when I saw my apt. building. My family for some reason can't (or won't) understand why I am the way I am, and they think I have a bad attitude when I am just simply struggling to even be around people etc. I am so, so happy Thanksgiving is over. Now, the next hurdle is Christmas. Hopefully, I am doing better by then, because it was h*ll yesterday. :(

I am glad that its over too. I am so tired that I can't stand it. Made a mistake of getting up at o5:00 to go to Wal-Mart. All the sale items had been bought by 5:30. Apparently people had been there since eight the night before and had already put them in their carts and waited till time for the sale to pay. That is totally unfair :mad: . Plus a lady RAN OVER ME with a cart. I now have a strained back and bruised ankle. She couldn't see over her junk and ran right over the top of me when I was giving the greeter lady my receipt to check it off.

I am definitely glad it's over! I did all the work, so didn't have time to talk with everyone. The only saving grace is the grandkids kept me away from everyone, what little time I did find. I just wasn't up to it all, I guess. :(

Now, Christmas......



Linda

doing all the work...
 

Dear Boopers:

Why don't you try having a "pot luck" meal next holiday time? It's too much for one person to do all the cooking for a holiday meal - the varied dishes that are brought to the festive table for a pot luck meal, are fun and delicious. And it gives every person part of the responsibility and puts each guest "on the spot", not just you! I always felt that cleaning the house was harder than doing all the cooking, but I had to do both. That is why I suggest that you try a pot luck approach next time.

Shirley H.

Thanks
 

Thank you Shirley,

I have very much been thinking about this. I am going to try and do it all again at Christmas but then I am going to tell them I can't do it anymore alone. So, I am going to suggest a potluck just like you said. I think it would help me so much as it took a week for me to recover after Thanksgiving. Still, I am struggling.
So, thank you for the suggestion and I do plan on landing it on them at Christmas!!
Take care,
Linda :)

It seems to me that I have a sweet/sour relationship with holidays anymore. I still get excited about them, but afterward I usually just feel disappointed. I sure wish I could enjoy them more.

((((jingle))))

<---hands idealist a fortune cookie.
hope it's a good one. :D

take each day one step at a time. it's ok to say no.

booprs...potlucks are great. a fun thing is to sk each person to bring copies of the recipe, i always hated loving a dish..then trying to rember who brought it later to ask.

my throat won't let me talk about bad stuff but I gotta tell curious that last night Fox News showed clips from a Russian fashion show ..............
women's clothes made from....
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ready for this?

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you'll never believe it ....


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women's clothes made from

CHOCOLATE.

:::::swoons:::::

hehe...bet hubby would like that too.;)

((((((jingle))))))

Yes, Over
 

I thought I was the only one who totally dispised the holiday season and the long and slow death I feel every year as they approach. I hide in my garage while family are at my house, come out for feedings and then run right back becuase it is safe and I don't have to sit there and watch the seasonal sprite on display. I wish I could find a place where the holidays did not exist, go there just before thanksgiving and come back about week after new years.

My wife hates it, but won't say anything to me, in order to avoid the fight, my son is too young to really understand and I am too old and lived through to many painful seasons and can't really find a reason to change.

2xzero

I used to really enjoy the holidays. Before we moved to TX. There was a bite or crispness to the air that we don't get down here, plus the leaves don't have the color.

I enjoy doing the dinner but not the cleanup. I enjoy the tree with or without gifts. Just my family together. I've had too many holidays alone where we couldn't all be together.

Lately though, I've had toooo much togetherness. I was looking forward to having the holiday at a daughter-in-law's home. When I said something about it, she left my stepson.

I hate the response I get when it is time for clean up. No one wants to help, but they all enjoyed eating it. Potluck wouldn't work. My remaining daughter-in-law when living with us and faced with her one night a week to cook would order pizza.

I wish for an electric dish washer, not a manual one(me or my daughter). It would really help at holidays. I'm thinking about using all paper plates and plastic silverware. Instead of the good set of dishes and flatware.

I hate that the kids that don't live here just show up in time to eat and then leave immediately.

I had fun Thanksgiving, but I didn't cook that or clean up after. A close family friend invited us to their first Thanksgiving in their new home. I had dishes I've never eaten before, some were very good and some were interesting.

I'm still taking down decorations. Wish it was all done. I have 4 totes sitting in my living room that need to go up to the attic and no energy to get them there.

I hope to have just the 4 of us next year at the holidays. I hope they will have their own meal at their own house and stop here for the evening and just visit. We will see.

Maybe with the stress level down things will be better. I am about at my max for stress. With the major stressor out of the house it has been better on one hand, but the babies miss their mom and don't understand and act out. They are too young for pdoc help too.