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Nerves
One hears quite a bit about the sorry side-effects of the season on psyches. Of course there's the usual family dynamic angst and travel horror and woe. Then, corporate holiday parties can occasionally trigger psychotic episodes after which some hapless folks spend New Year's Eve at Bellevue.
I don't usually have these problems, since I never have to travel for any holiday and am relatively safe from public psychiatric collapse. This year, though, seasonal tension seems quite unremarkable because in under a week, my whole household is moving, and we don't know if we have permission to actually show up on our new doorstep. This is a long and not particularly interesting story (especially not by the standards set by New York City real estate sagas), it seems to be mostly a problem of paperwork and timing since most people would rather do things other than paperwork in the final days of a year.
So the landscape of the household sees me feeling sad and nostalgic and wondering if moving was wise (though practically I know it has to be). My husband is impatient and can't wait to get the Hell out of here so that we can go somewhere, anywhere, he doesn't care he's just sick of dealing with it. And Felix, to whom the basics have been explained takes advantage of any free moment to explain our numerous resting spots to anyone who will listen.
It is no surprise at all to me that I became briefly hypnotized by a giant chart for Bach Flower Essences in a health food store window this afternoon (as I walked by with what felt like 4 pounds of chocolate-- for presents, really). Their Rescue Remedy product actually seemed to help me, and the terrier (the veterinarian recommended it for both of us) in the wake of the events of 9/11/2001. But I stopped myself before I bought a whole nursery's worth of flower essences to cure anxiety, loneliness, body dysmorphia, spitefullness, you name it.
It should be an interesting week, and it would be even if Christmas weren't involved.
posted by Elise at 2:20 PM
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