The Hangover

Ugh.

The kids are a little irritable, could it be because they got zero sleep waiting for Santa and then ate a steady diet of chocolate and sugar all day yesterday?  Nah.

The day after Christmas is interesting because at midnight all the decorations become garish.   Literally, I woke up this morning and I couldn't bring myself to drink the "Christmas Blend".

Where does all that sparkle go so quickly?

I know, I know there are a lot of you looking forward to the New Year's Eve festivities but it's still not the same is it?  The magic evaporates after Christmas and we are left with the clean up.

It's a hangover really.  Too many cookies, too many glasses of whatever, and too little exercise and vegetables (or at least ones that aren't slathered in some amazing dip).

And I mourn the passing of each year's Christmas because the girls will only be this age once....this was the only shot I had at a Christmas with them at this particular developmental stage.  They will never again be excited in exactly the same way about Pokemon, funky hats, baby dolls, Build-a-Bear gift certificates and Santa's cookies. 

Siiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhh.

Okay, that's enough melancholy for one post.  Back to cheerful snarkiness tomorrow.  I promise.

Comments

[Sandra]

I'm so sad that we couldn't get there today, but I hear that we made the right decision to turn around and come home, because the news says the roads up there are really bad.

I know what you mean about the day-after-Christmas-garishness. I'm going to try to take our decorations down tomorrow.

Love, Mom

[Andrea]

Yes, I too had the thought of "how long do I HAVE to wait to take down the garland?" this morning. Kids on sugar...s'okay, mine went with the ex-husband this morning...BAHAHAHAHAHAHA...sorry, is that rubbing it in? Take care, and Merry Christmas!

[The Eastsider]

I've been out of town since Christmas Day. I'm catching up, so watch the comments. I totally agree with the Hangover example. I wish we could capture the anticipation in a bottle and use it during the year.