Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

I've got two LiveJournal posts sitting in an editor, control-Z'd -- one because I got interrupted before I finished it (it's one I've been putting together slice by slice anyhow) and haven't gotten back to it yet, and the other because I'm finding it unexpectedly difficult to figure out how to say what I was thinking when I started it. Got a bunch of random stuff to write, too, but I'm not getting around to any of that, either. Instead, here's something I just wrote in personal email and then realized would make sense to edit slightly and post here... I was describing how things are going for me, and started talking about all the stuff I'm behind schedule on...

I guess that's one of the classical variations on the whole Holiday Stress/Depression Thing: for me it's not so much the unreasonable expectations followed by letdown; instead, it's more that I Never Feel Ready for Christmas -- the too-high expectations are what I expect of myself rather than what I expect of the holiday.