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January 1, 2009
Give me a Break!!!!!
So, I broke the solitude of my first day of 2009 to venture out in search of the necessities of life. (Gummy bears and Starbucks, what were you thinking I meant?) As I wandered through the local Kroger, gummy bears in hand, I was shocked to see the aisle formerly known as "Christmas" was now hosting a Valentine's invasion (ok, my initial thought was "OH NO! Valentines has thrown up all over the seasonal aisle"). My heart immediately sunk with the realization there would be no post-new year's respite from the holiday crazed mass merchandisers. By the time Valentines is over, Easter will be just around the corner, with Memorial Day close on it's heels. The clearance sales of cemetary sprays will overlap the appearance of tents selling explosives, and before they are torn down we will be back to Christmas all over, somehow cramming halloween and thanksgiving into the mix.
I can see myself living on an isolated island somewhere with only 4 annual celebrations; spring, summer, harvest and winter (winter is sketchy, I might hibernate through that one, unless there is a Starbucks on my isolated island, then we could negotiate). I'd settle though, for a two week reprieve between holidays, just long enough to come up for air.
Posted by Anna at January 1, 2009 10:21 PM