Holidayze

Plain and simple, they suck.
They bring out the worst in people, whether they be strangers or kin. Shoppers are rude, and as we saw on Black Friday 2011, they can be downright deadly. Liberal use of pepper spray this holiday season was the big trend. Wall Street AND Wal-Mart.

And then there are the family members that either insist on living in the past or an alternate reality. And no, these are not the same. The former will remind you of some indiscretion you made when you were three, and the latter will manipulate their lack of courtesy and twist things so it appears you are at fault.

We can't leave out the holiday drama! If it's not someone being rushed to the hospital, then it's someone having major depression over a loved one who had the nerve to die near or on Christmas. Why not remember the good things about a loved one? Sure beats making the rest of the world miserable because you choose to live in the negative.
Speaking of negative, can't forget the couple that is always threatening divorce right before the holiday, fucking the whole thing up for their kids. Three years running now, hopefully three time's the charm and they'll actually go through with it and END the madness!
On the other end of the spectrum is the already divorced bunch that has boundary problems which has led to kids in psych wards. Always an adventure with this bunch, as you never know who will have a meltdown first.

I didn't decorate for Christmas this year, it's too much of a hassle dragging it all out, sorting, hanging it, and then having to take it all down and put it away by yourself. Perhaps next year I'll get ambitious, but I doubt it. Heck, maybe I'll be on a beach next Christmas, if we can figure out accomodations for the furkids. That could be fun, break tradition and go visit family that lives on the ocean, no little kids and none of those drama types. Not sure if we'd know how to act!

This November and December has been the strangest I've ever seen, there has been record RAINFALL, record-setting flooding, and temps at freezing only a handful of times. Just a dusting of snow so far, but right in time for New Year's Eve, the forecast is for three days of snow. I went outside to do poop patrol and the air had certainly cooled off with a brisk wind, but I could feel the moisture in the air. Came inside and asked the husband if we were due for a snowstorm, checked the handy-dandy Weather Channel app, and sure enough we are. I amaze myself sometimes! Yep, got my meteorlogical mojo voodoo tuned up! :)