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Eagerly awaiting 1/2

gidgetgh — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:50:09 GMT

Holidays will be over. Things will start returning to normal. The morning and daily news shows I watch will be live and not on tape or reruns of Dateline. Mail will be delivered. Banks will be open. No Christmas shopping to do. No decorations to take down. I feel somewhat renewed.

January 2nd is my favorite day of the year.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:54:13 GMT

There is something comforting about routine.

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Mary Bailey — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:56:14 GMT

1/2 is my Brother and Sister's birthday They will be 55 this year

hopefully work will be better after first 2 or 3 weeks (people with new insurance) Hopefully. But New dept manager is a tyrant, so really not sure.

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nana59 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:56:48 GMT

ME TOO!!! I hibernate shortly before Thanksgiving...and exit my cave tomorrow!!!

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pdlinda — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:58:18 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
Holidays will be over. Things will start returning to normal. The morning and daily news shows I watch will be live and not on tape or reruns of Dateline. Mail will be delivered. Banks will be open. No Christmas shopping to do. No decorations to take down. I feel somewhat renewed.

January 2nd is my favorite day of the year.

I second your post 1,000 times!! I woke up this AM remarking (to myself) that since Thanksgiving (probably before) the normal flow of my routines (including the TV shows I depend on for my info and entertainment) were continually interrupted by the "Holidays" and now the "Holidays" are OVER !! There are other holiday hiatuses during the year but NONE with the longevity of the Holidays that conclude today!! I'M READY!!

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Nightowlz — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:07:50 GMT

DH would rather it stay the Holidays. He's been off since the 20th & goes back to work on the 6th.

Last few times he took vacation days he called in the following Mon & told them he was taking off another day. LOL!!!

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gidgetgh — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:08:49 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
There is something comforting about routine.

@deepwaterdotter - I am all about routine and don't like disruptions to it.

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Jordan2 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:09:17 GMT

@gidgetgh I'm still trying to get past the sadness I feel. I hope things get better as I move on to January 2 (I hate the Winter and that's not helping).

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songbird — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:09:43 GMT

Crumb......I go back to work. I hate you January 2nd....

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QVCkitty1 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:20:10 GMT

I like the holidays, and I'm reluctant to let them go. I really appreciate the break in the usual routine.

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FrostyBabe1 — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:47:28 GMT

Holidays around here extend until the school break is up, and since they get two full weeks, that will be on January 6th.

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grandma2pkmh — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:47:54 GMT

@gidgetgh

My biggest problem is trying to remember what day of the week it is. Yes, back to a routine please.

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Daysdee — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:49:12 GMT

I enjoy the holidays even though they bring sadness of times gone by, I enjoy decorating for Christmas. Yesterday I put away almost all the decorations and re-did the mantle, etc. Today I packed up the tree ornaments and DD will come and put it in the storage bag tomorrow, Nice to have house back to "normal" even though I love the Christmas decor, but time for them to be put away.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:50:05 GMT

I haven't started de-Crismassing, and I won't for a while. When I'm finished with that I will relax. Until then, I will continue to enjoy the Christmas season, but without the stress of gifts and entertaining.

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jeanlake — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:55:58 GMT

I didn't think much about this until I read your post. Our immediate and extended family is loaded with late December and early January birthdays -- which adds to busy-ness of the season. Kwanzaa and Hanukkah holidays have definitive dates. There is no beginning or ending dates to Christmas, which possibly adds to the chaos. I tell people I'd have a better attitude about Christmas holiday if it was a two-week holiday.

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RedTop — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:12:04 GMT

I no longer let the holidays stress me; don’t change my routine because of a date on the calendar.

However, I will be glad to welcome January 2nd, when those around me move on, and we can have a decent conversation that doesn’t center around their holiday stress and tension with family, their exhaustion from shopping for everything the grandchildren wanted, the extra money spent for gifts and food, and the repeated statement “there has to be a better way”.

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hayseed00 — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:14:24 GMT

@nana59I always tell my husband that I would like to hibernate the day before Thanksgiving and wake up on Jan. 2.

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shoekitty — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:17:32 GMT

But the real question is, will Hallmark resume regular programming. Will the Christmas shows end?. Or, is this 350 day countdown to Christmas... omg, I am so over those qwapper Christmas shows

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MarkeieMark — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:15:35 GMT

@shoekitty wrote:
But the real question is, will Hallmark resume regular programming. Will the Christmas shows end?. Or, is this 350 day countdown to Christmas... omg, I am so over those qwapper Christmas shows

OMG ITA, that is all my cousin watches, over and over again.!

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september — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 01:20:31 GMT

On 1/2, I'm going to have a reunion with three great friends from my past. A few of us haven't seen one another in over 30 years. I'm so excited!