Belated happy new year. Hope you had a good Christmas. Today is supposedly Blue Monday. Worst day of the year. The day when Christmas seems oh so very far away but the bills to pay for it have all come in. Spring seems aeons away and there’s nothing to look forward to save damp and cold weather for the next six to eight weeks. (This just applies to the UK and northern Europe. If you live in sunny California, obviously you don’t have cold, damp weather to worry about…)
I am cheerful though on this bluest of Mondays. And while I wouldn’t DREAM of telling you that you should be too, here’s why. Christmas is over – YAY! And I survived it entirely unscathed despite Not Doing It. I was afraid I’d get the post-Christmas blues even though I didn’t really keep it. Didn’t happen. Hasn’t happened. I can now be merry in December without keeping this most bullying of all holidays. Read More→