The Christmas celebrations over and I am pooped.
Why is it that these holidays make us so exhausted?
It's not like the kids are normally not home for 48 hours in one go, they are on weekends as well.
It's not the cooking and organising and hosting as this year this was all done for us, so we just had to turn up.
So why oh why is it that I am still so tired?
I bet it's the travelling, living out of a suitcase, sleeping in an uncomfortable bed, the being together with family 24-7 and the kids getting all over excited and out of routine every day.
I definately am going to get organised for Christmas next year well in advance.
It's our turn to host, which I also suggested to do this year and no-one wanted to commit when I invited them. So, if people do not want to commit early then they can do their own thing as I am not going to let my Christmas be ruled by other people's calendars. They either accept or not, none of this "Oh, I don't know, we may have other plans". It's not acceptable, you either accept or you don't, but don't let people in the lurch until 2 weeks before Christmas.
In Dutch I would say; "Graag of helemaal niet." (something like; "Yes, please." or "No, thank you.")
If it comes to it we'll just have a celebration with just the 4 of us.
Now it's just New Year's Eve and New Year's Day to get over with, the laundry to do and then pack up and drive (and ferry) back to the UK.
I may need to book a 2 week holiday just on my own to recover from all this...
Nic x
