From Thanksgiving To…

Nadine and I are entering that time of year where we will be subjected to Christmas music for the next few weeks, obviously until Christmas Day, but I’m thinking that some people will play Christmas music even beyond that day until we reach January. I have never liked Christmas music, even as a child. Nadine gets upset when people start playing Christmas music prior to Thanksgiving Day. She’s not particularly fond of Christmas music either. We can deal with the cold temperatures. It’s that damn Christmas music that we can’t stand. Well, I guess it’s that time of year, so we’ll do our best to build up our tolerance to it…again.

I won’t be partaking in Black Friday this year. I hate people and I especially despise crowds. I’ll do my best to buy gifts online this year. I’m not even focusing on discounts either. I will pay a few more bucks for stuff if it means that I can shop from home, avoid people, and maintain my sanity. I don’t even know for whom I will be buying gifts this year, so I imagine that I should probably get that list started sooner rather than later. Maybe I’ll do that tomorrow, while I’m at work? Yes, I will be working tomorrow.

Because of the weight loss, I’m not carrying as much fat on me as I used to. This means that I’ve lost a lot of my natural padding and consequently, I am constantly cold. I hate it. My ability to tolerate the cold used to be my calling card and now, I struggle when temperatures are in the low 60’s. Anything lower than that and I have to fight my body’s urge to want to shiver, as well as my teeth wanting to chatter. I know I shouldn’t be complaining about being thinner than I was two years ago, but here I am. Being cold sucks and I’m still getting used to the idea that the cold now bothers me.

I’m pretty much counting down the days until January gets here and life can return to normal. I don’t like the holidays anymore. I did as a kid, but as an adult, I always wish that the holidays would just come and go. It’s not that I’m dying to welcome 2025 into existence, as much as I don’t feel like getting in and being in the holiday spirit. That’s my conflict, I suppose.

Well, now that Thanksgiving Day is almost over, Black Friday will be here and then with that, I reluctantly say hello to the 2024 holiday season.

Great.