The holidays were way outta whack this year. Coulda been the never-ending hype with the elections and the abrupt stop on November 4. Coulda been the economy and all the hype about how sad it is for retailers that no one was buying anything; the car industry getting paid to go on; and of course the sad, sad stories of people losing their jobs just before Christmas, and in some cases their homes. It was difficult for anyone with a conscience to think about having a 'holly-jolly' Christmas with all that negativity...at least it was for me. I do not EVER remember feeling so uncaring about the holidays. Bah, humbug. I did get a Christmas tree, first time in years. That didn't help at all.
I am fortunate to have an immediate family with none of the issues we heard about on a daily basis. None lost millions in the stock market (not quite millions, anyway); none have lost jobs or homes. And we didn't have snow and ice to contend with over the holidays.
Watching the Rose Parade from beautiful, sunny (but chilly) Pasadena, California New Year's Day was very relaxing. It was great to see the Ballou High School marching band in the parade. Seems the only publicity DC schools gets is bad, so for a local high school to make it to major parades is very refreshing.
So guess there were a couple positives. Now everything is basically back to normal. The new year has begun. All those pesky resolutions will be broken. Life will go on. And, it's great to be back at work!
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