Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection

This year was the first year I ever spent Christmas with a family other than my immediate family or my more immediate relatives. However, I did spend Christmas with my future in-laws, at the house that my fiancée grew up in. I was initially nervous about being a part of my in-laws' holiday, but as it turned out, it was really nice, fun, and calming. Christmas itself, after so many weeks of working longer shifts, dealing with shopping, and trying to keep in the spirit, was, all in all, a really lovely experience. And then I went back to my apartment.

I don't know if you'd call it the post-Christmas blues or not, but I had a really hard day after Christmas. It's interesting how, after two days of being in a warm, comfortable place getting to know your future family more and more, you can get really overwhelmed by the routine you have become so accustomed to back home.

I'll be okay, don't worry - tomorrow, in lieu of a Storyteller, I will be putting up yet another In Memoriam post, this time about my cousin. I will be attending his memorial tomorrow, and at least I'll be able to connect with the family and relatives whom I was not able to be with during the actual day of Christmas. For now, however, I need sleep - badly. I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday, and since my next introspection won't be until January of 2015, I wish you all a very happy new year.

Have a great night and a great weekend, everyone.