Sorry – lot of rambling here. I just need to talk.
First, if you celebrate Yule, I hope you have a great one. If you celebrate something else, I hope that’s great for you, too.
Here’s what I encountered the other night. I was trying to make a Yule wreath, a representation of the Wheel of the Year, and had the wreath all fluffed up and ready to go. I went to the basement to get my decorations, came back up, and…..
That little fuzzball took over my wreath!!! He was in it all night and when I got up the next day, he was still in it. Came home from work and he was still there. Guess it’s not getting decorated soon. 🙂
On a more serious note, I always get so damn depressed this time … it’s dark, gray, no sun, colder than hell, all I want to do is sleep and eat and watch football. But, I do love Yule and am looking forward to the Winter Solstice. The Solstice is neat because the day after, there’s one whole second more of daylight. One whole second…. but at least it’s one second. The next day it might be a second more, then as time goes on, the seconds add up and it gets lighter and lighter. I always view the Winter Solstice as a time of potential and hope.
I miss having people to celebrate with. I only have one friend and she has bedbugs really bad, so there is no darn way she’s entering my house. Nevertheless, I still cook for about 10 people and feast away on the Solstice, then I don’t have to cook again for a week and don’t even had to worry about refrigeration (my fridge is not working right). It works out because it’s so damn cold I can put all my food in the garage and it freezes. This year I’m making luminaries out of milk jugs to line the driveway. I’ve always wanted to do that on the darkest night of the year.
If anyone wants to celebrate the Solstice, lives in Columbus and does not have bedbugs (sorry, I can’t afford an exterminator), I plan to be around if I don’t get too depressed and off myself first… that could theoretically happen. But hell, I’ll even cook! My chocolate yule logs look horrible but they taste really good (they fall apart – I suck rolling them.) Just look for the luminaries and the smoke coming from the fire around back.
Hope everyone’s holidays are as good as they can be.
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I too, hate how I feel this time of year. I was a late-life baby and my parents and siblings always made Christmas “my” holiday when I was a little kid. When I grew up and became the provider (the Santa) the selfishness my ex instilled in my kids was truly fucked up. I mean 4 kids and $3000 every winter spent on bullshit they destroyed and threw in the trash the next day. At least when I was a kid I got meaningful and precious things, a few I still have but most I do not because my ex freely gave my kids the opportunity to destroy those things too.
I used to be a cat person but I sort of got wise to the way they operate – mischievous little assholes through and through. At least my little dog has a unique personality and a conscience – and she knows what I expect and shows some respect for it. Cats just take over and as far as I’m concerned they are nothing but 10 pounds of narcissism in a five pound bag. But maybe it’s just me and my winter mindset. Hell, I don’t know. It’s still the time of year to be kind and considerate of others and to share good times if you can. I see so many people hurting here and I wish there were more solutions for all the bad stuff people face. That’s my wish I guess.
Columbus? I’m really not that far… maybe an hour.
Kitties 😀 Kitties are so fun, and they know just how to get in the way.
I also don’t like this time of year. Too cold and lonely here. No more snow, please. And bedbugs suck. A lot.