Holiloaded is my oh so clever little term for holiday overload. With Christmas less then a week away I can feel the noose of expectations tightening and my sanity waning.
While the feeling of impending doom is never awesome, I have to say it's nice that it is only just now beginning. In years past, I have made candy and cookies like a crazy woman, over committed to holiday parties, volunteered to babysit friends children, made schedules impossible to keep under the guise of holiday fun- in short I've pushed things too far and been half crazed by December 5th.
This year though, I decided to take a breather. I've started saying "no thanks" to invitations that work out to be more work then fun, I told everyone on my goodies list that I'm taking a baking breather this year, and I even decided to forgo sending holiday cards.
To some, this may sound like I've totally shirked off the holidays but it's quite the opposite. I've embraced my family- you know the one that lives with me and I used to yell at to hurry up and get stuff done because OMG grandma Bettie is expecting us to bring over 8 dozen cookies and a newly knitted sweater!! Yea, that one. The one with my kids who need a little more calm and magic in their Christmas holiday and now I actually have free time to devote to doing that.
How about you? What are you doing to relax the holidays? Parent Blogger Network and Families for Depression Awareness want to know.
