Feeling The Holiday Blues

I haven’t blogged for almost a week now. It has been a while since that happened. In fact, I feel like there are a lot of things to do that I still haven’t done yet. The past week I’ve been sick but still busy with work, work and work. Plus, I had to do a lot of Christmas and non-Christmas related errands. I was also so busy helping review my girls for their 3rd Quarter exams in school. It’s a good thing that today is finally their last exam day. However, I still have some Christmas gifts to buy and wrap. I still have to prepare food to bring to the reunions I’m scheduled to attend. I still have lots of work to finish. Add to that is the fact that it’s that time of the month and that’s always painful for me.

I am so OVERWHELMED! The past week has been so crazy that sometimes I just want to pull my hair out! I usually love Christmas. It’s actually my favorite holiday. However, this year is just crazy! Although I started planning for the holidays since October, a lot of those plans did not pull through. Most days I just want to hole up in bed, cry and sleep. I don’t think I have ever felt this way during the Christmas season no matter what was going on in my life. It’s just depressing and I hate it.

I know that it’s important to focus on what the true meaning of Christmas is. It’s not the parties, the food nor the gifts. It’s about celebrating Christ and spending time with our loved ones. Besides, far worse things have happened to other people this past week with the typhoon in Mindanao and the shooting in Newtown. So, I’m trying my hardest to relax and see the good in everything whenever I find time in between all these things I have to do. There’s only a few days left before Christmas. I truly hope the blues will be gone by then.