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Monday, December 27, 2010

Twas the Week After Christmas

My home office - my only office now - is in the bedroom that is also our guest room. Most of the time this is not an issue, but when we have guests staying with us for the holidays, it really puts a crimp in my middle-of-the-night computer activities...such as blogging. So, as much as I enjoyed having family stay with us, I'm happy to have my computer back.

I always find the week between Christmas and New Year a bit strange. All the frantic activity is over, no more shopping or wrapping or baking to be done. The trees (we have two) look bare without the piles of wrapped gifts beneath but it's not quite time to start taking things down. I have that list of New Year's resolutions and goals but those don't begin until 2011. I know I should be doing something but I feel like I'm caught in some sort of time warp where everything stands still until after the ball drops on New Year's Eve.

It's not a matter of my being retired now. Even when I was still working, I usually had "use or lose" vacation time to burn at the end of the year, so I'd be at home. Or I'd be in an office that was mostly empty because everyone else had "use or lose" to burn. Either way...that same strange sense of being in limbo.

Does anyone else feel this way? What do you do during this lost week?

Groaner of the Day: Did you hear that the Pope had to have a new robe made out of royal purple material? It was electrically heated so as to keep him warm during his outdoor addresses to the faithful following.

It's called the purple papal heater.

16 comments:

Jemi Fraser said...

LOL - that's cute! :)

I love this limbo week - lots of time for visiting family and friends and even reading!!

Linda Leszczuk said...

Jemi, good point. When there's nothing else pressing, it's reading time!

Jane Kennedy Sutton said...

I couldn’t wait until the New Year to take down Christmas decorations, so that was today’s project. But I do agree that that the week after Christmas is kind of weird - in a good way.

I like the groaner.

Karin said...

Having worked in the medical field all those years one thing I was looking forward to in retirement was having Thanksgiving, Christmas AND New Years off. While I was working I was either on duty or on call at least half of the days. Now I celebrate having ALL the holidays off and curling up with a good book and a cup of tea. I don't mind the slack time at all!

Karin

Mason Canyon said...

It is sort of a limbo week. For me at work it's difficult because a lot of places are not doing anything until after the 1st or they are closed. I guess it also puts me in that spot where I'm ready for the next year to begin, but not ready for this year to end. LOL

Hope you have a joyous and Happy New Year.

Mason
Thoughts in Progress

mattleszczuk said...

My office is using the slower week to play catch up on the projects that were stuck on the back burners when we were busier through out the year. I'll get working on them sometime next week.

Linda Leszczuk said...

Jane - I almost feel like taking down the decorations but we always keep them up until New Year's and I just can't break tradition.

Linda Leszczuk said...

Karin - Ah, working on holidays was never a problem for me. Thanks for the view from another side. And I took your (and Jemi's) advice and read a good book last night. Stayed up super late to finish it so there were several mugs of tea involved.

Linda Leszczuk said...

Mason - Yes, exactly. It's like having one foot on each side of a stream. Nice to know I'm not the only one feeling this way.

And a wonderful 2011 to you, too.

Linda Leszczuk said...

Matt - I should be doing the same here at home. Lord knows there are enough things to get "caught up on".

Wait a minute...next week? Is that this week?

Stacy McKitrick said...

Working the week between Christmas & New Year's can be boring (at least there are only 3 work days this year). The place is empty.

Maybe I can get some writing done? I can only hope!!

Kimber Leszczuk. said...

It is weird for me to be home this week during this year. Usually I am working.

Dru said...

I love this week between Christmas and New Years because everybody takes off and it's quiet in the office and I can catch up on all lingering projects before the new year. What is really perfect is I take off the first week of January when everyone returns and now their frantic to finish up their work.

LOL at the groaner.

Linda Leszczuk said...

Stacy - Good luck finding that writing time. I know you've been writing up a storm lately

Linda Leszczuk said...

Kimber - yeah, feels wierd, huh?

Linda Leszczuk said...

Dru - I've never thought of taking off the first week of January. That's always been my getting back to normal week. Going to be a strange one this year. I've got to find a whole new normal.