A cool misty Monday morning. Nice. Nothing major planned for the day other than the usual assortment of things. Same is pretty true for the rest of the week. No complaints from me. Mom is going through her usual post-holiday let down. This is characterized by grousing over expenses then figuring out what to do with the extra time. As par for the course, she'll check with the grand kids and see if teenage niece or nephew can pick up the minion from school or just hang out with them. What is mom going to do, babysit them? Go to the mall? The minion still like to spend time with mom because she gives him treats, other two have their own things going on. I don't experience any post-holiday let down because I don't really get actively involved, by choice and by circumstance. I never could wrap my head around the whole frenzy, it just always seems so unnecessary. If I were to start actively participating in the holidays, it would be more low-key. Prepare a meal or clean the house, fine, don't make a big fuss over it, just do. No need for elaborate preparations, no really cares how much you put out. I try to to explain this concept to mom but she just blows it off. For example, Thursday we went to someone's house for lunch and mom got intimidated by the amount of food the host put out. For the rest of the day and into the next, she carried on about how she was letting everyone down by not putting out as much or as good food as Thursday's host. Pretty standard stuff. I just ride out. I guess I tend to look at these matters from a point of detachment, this way, I can deal with the flurry of activity with some measure of sanity.
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