The decs are down, spring cleaning begun..Christmas and new year are over...and I’m kind of missing it

[Dowser]

First of all, I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into Christmas as I just hate, hate, hate the over commercialism of it all.
I love a low key Christmas and that is just what we had.
Christmas Day spent at my daughters , son and his family came too.
Then Boxing Day through to New Year’s Eve..just doing our own thing. Stopping in some days , having a run out on others.
Plenty of telly which we don’t normally have time for.
New Year’s Eve was our turn to host.
Dh does a mean turkey curry and im on cakes and trifles..all the family turned up again, ....was lovely.

I think because the weather has been dry and mild it’s made it a bit easier for getting out and about and house hasn’t been as draughty..makes a difference

So I feel a bit sad that’s it all over..( well we do have the family panto on Sunday) and just wondering if anyone else feels the same.

Not being a huge fan of Christmas, I’m quite surprised I feel this way.

I don't feel like it's over until the kids go back to school.

Put a date in your diary for the family to all come over for lunch with you again. Sounds like you had fun.

Embrace the spring. Bring hyacinths and daffs into the house. Polish the windows. Declutter. Go for blowy walks. Plan the year ahead.

I feel the same. I think it's because it puts me in a bit of a reflective mood, the kids ar getting older, we're getting older, everything is fleeting. Maybe maudlin would be a better word than reflective!

I get around it by focusing on all the great things I have to look forward to in the coming year. I remind myself that getting older is a privilege and many people never get to have it, ditto for the DC.

I usually feel like this at the end of the holidays but we have had nearly 3 weeks off school and managed to go abroad, see loads of family and friends, have some chilled out days and some study days. I have decluttered most of the house (not all to be fair) and I am just about ready to go back to work.

I think it’s about being able to cocoon myself, not that I even work, if I have a bad day I don’t have to push myself to go out, I can tell myself it’s too miserable to go out
With the end of festivities it’s like I have to get back into the old routine

I think I’m a bit like a bear in a cave.
And it’s something that just doesn’t work in summer.
I’m going to do something productive with my time and clean out the bear cave
I’m on a mission