Over the holidays

As in... I am sooooooo over the holidays.

I started out being very geeked about the prospect of hosting Christmas Eve. It's been ages since I had any motivation to put up Christmas decorations, because so few people ever come over and see them, what with the awful driveway and all. And, as an added bonus, it gave me a chance to go through all the decorations we've collected, and get rid of the stuff we don't really like. After all, I was hauling all the boxes up the stairs anyway-- I may as well pitch out or give away the stuff not worth taking back down the stairs later.

Years ago, I bought Christmas cards I really like. I kept meaning to send them out, but always seemed to not get around to sending cards that year, and just put them aside for the next year, and then didn't get around to it that next year either. But this year I have more free time, so cards it is!

Now? Now I am just tired.

It turns out that the main reason I usually let cards slide is that I really dislike doing them. I'm most of the way through the list, and it's been a constant battle. I don't have enough of the cards that I like, so I had to supplement them with some just-okay cards that I found in our stash. I don't have enough stamps. I had about 25% of the addresses for people on my Christmas card list, though that's mostly been remedied by sending a lot of emails and messages on Facebook. Some people just aren't getting a card even though they're on the list, because I don't know how to get a hold of them to ask what their address is.

I'm still finding people that I need to do something for-- send a card, buy a gift, whatever. I can't wrap my nephew's gift because I keep forgetting to purchase the finishing touches.

The house is clean and decorated... on the first floor. Christmas Eve guests should just avoid looking anywhere else, because it's not happening. I'm hoping to have at least a little more cleaned up by New Year's Eve, so that there's more room for gaming, but I strongly suspect that by December 30th, it will be a matter of "just shove it all in the closets and I'll deal with it later."

The turkey for Christmas Eve is out and starting to thaw, as of last night. I've started to write down other things to serve, to give myself a list to take to the grocery store. I've no clue what I will be serving New Year's Eve. Fondue of some sort, because it's tradition, and then... who knows?

I cannot imagine how other people manage. I didn't pick a big list of things to do for The Holidays-- just cards, basic decor, and having some low-maintenance people over. The menus for the Eves are reasonably simple. Yet I'm still feeling insane and unable to keep up-- and I'm not working, nor scrambling after small children. I have, like, 20 times more free time than the average person.

On the plus side, I did give a big box of decorations to the Salvation Army, and that's a big box of stuff that is no longer in my house nor in my way.

Over the holidays

As in... I am sooooooo over the holidays.

I started out being very geeked about the prospect of hosting Christmas Eve. It's been ages since I had any motivation to put up Christmas decorations, because so few people ever come over and see them, what with the awful driveway and all. And, as an added bonus, it gave me a chance to go through all the decorations we've collected, and get rid of the stuff we don't really like. After all, I was hauling all the boxes up the stairs anyway-- I may as well pitch out or give away the stuff not worth taking back down the stairs later.

Years ago, I bought Christmas cards I really like. I kept meaning to send them out, but always seemed to not get around to sending cards that year, and just put them aside for the next year, and then didn't get around to it that next year either. But this year I have more free time, so cards it is!

Now? Now I am just tired.

It turns out that the main reason I usually let cards slide is that I really dislike doing them. I'm most of the way through the list, and it's been a constant battle. I don't have enough of the cards that I like, so I had to supplement them with some just-okay cards that I found in our stash. I don't have enough stamps. I had about 25% of the addresses for people on my Christmas card list, though that's mostly been remedied by sending a lot of emails and messages on Facebook. Some people just aren't getting a card even though they're on the list, because I don't know how to get a hold of them to ask what their address is.

I'm still finding people that I need to do something for-- send a card, buy a gift, whatever. I can't wrap my nephew's gift because I keep forgetting to purchase the finishing touches.

The house is clean and decorated... on the first floor. Christmas Eve guests should just avoid looking anywhere else, because it's not happening. I'm hoping to have at least a little more cleaned up by New Year's Eve, so that there's more room for gaming, but I strongly suspect that by December 30th, it will be a matter of "just shove it all in the closets and I'll deal with it later."

The turkey for Christmas Eve is out and starting to thaw, as of last night. I've started to write down other things to serve, to give myself a list to take to the grocery store. I've no clue what I will be serving New Year's Eve. Fondue of some sort, because it's tradition, and then... who knows?

I cannot imagine how other people manage. I didn't pick a big list of things to do for The Holidays-- just cards, basic decor, and having some low-maintenance people over. The menus for the Eves are reasonably simple. Yet I'm still feeling insane and unable to keep up-- and I'm not working, nor scrambling after small children. I have, like, 20 times more free time than the average person.

On the plus side, I did give a big box of decorations to the Salvation Army, and that's a big box of stuff that is no longer in my house nor in my way.