I guess you can tell how my months have progressed! Swamped. Mid-November, I wrote in my journal that I needed to figure out how not to lose Christmas in the business.
OK, that much I've managed. I've been to a Christmas Market in Colmar, France. (Lovely. My first. I see why so many people trek to these traditional festivals.) Have an advents wreath at home with a new candle burning every week (one of my favorite Swiss traditions). Stop to drink a steaming cup of warm, mulled wine a lot of evenings on the way home. Called Gluhwine. Like a spicy hot cider, but red and warming through and through. Even managed to hang the stockings on my fireplace and sing Christmas caroles with my friends and colleagues of the Professional Women's Group.
So why am I still feeling all is a bit too hectic? Because right now, everyone tries to live all sides of life. Personal. Professional. Get the cards out. Toast the holidays. A lunch added here. A party added there. And the expectations are higher...feel cheery, grateful, warm, cozy. Fa-la-la-la-la!
I do feel all of the above. And, I'm tired. Fortunately here, it all comes to a screeching stop on 24th December. Stores close for three days. People head for the mountains.
I'm glad to still be here another year to enjoy the contrast of 24 hours before. And I hope to get back to the one thing I miss most that has escaped these last weeks: this Blog!
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