Has it really been over a month since I last wrote anything on here? Time always goes by way too fast this time of year and I guess this year is no different.
I finished Christmas shopping, which is always a relief. I don’t object to the expense of the shopping, but rather the guesswork involved. Will the person I’m shopping for like this? Am I wasting money on something stupid? Do they already have the same thing?
I never know. And sometimes the whole social convention of gift exchanging seems absolutely insane anyway. Sheldon was kinda right, when he said Penny was not giving him a gift, but an obligation. Because not only do we have to try to gift give, but we also have to pretend to like whatever gift is given, which means you never even know for sure if the person really liked it or is just being polite.
Honestly, these days I prefer Thanksgiving. Yummy food, family time, and gratitude are much more relaxing than the rush of Christmas.
Aside from the gift-giving aspect, it feels like everybody this time of year wants to have parties and events and invite you to do things. Which doesn’t sound bad, and it’s not, per se. But for a hard core introvert, it can be a lot. Even now, I’m still recovering from socializing last weekend. And another weekend is coming up really fast…
My husband and I are going to try to say no to anything new that comes up over the next two weeks. We probably can’t actually pull it off, because we hate to disappoint people, but our schedules are mighty full already.
I’d love to have just…like a month with absolutely no obligations or places to be or things to do. Where I could just sleep and hang out with people and not rush around to appointments and events or worry about missing deadlines.
Maybe January. Or more realistically, maybe when my kids go off to college. We’ll see.
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