holidays mixed state hell...
the daily catastrophe: nov. 19, 2006frame 1:
marlena caught in the netherworld of emptiness and her tricky mind
(under her head: "mixed state")
marlena: i'm anxious, hyped up and depressed, dreading the holiday. we're having 14 adult people plus children people over to our place on thanksgiving.
frame 2:
(under her head) mixed state wellbutrin still not kicking in)
marlena: holidays were invented to torture people... i'm so freaked out i can't make this entry visually interesting...
posted by marlena rivers at
6:10 PM
3 Comments:
This Thanksgiving sounds like a nightmare. The nearest equivalent we have here in the UK is the weekly Sunday roast and fortunately we're all so mean and unchristianlike, that it's something we tend to do with just one family.
actually, it's interesting as the best thing about our having it at our house is that we invite friends and family so the family gets diluted, which eases the tension. the other good thing about hosting it is that we have more control over not just who we invite but what we serve, etc. i think i painted a pretty bad picture of it. the funny thing is that the anticipation of it is much worse than the reality. it will probably be ok, and maybe even fun, but my anxious mind creates a nightmare out of it!
that weekly sunday roast sounds tricky if you have to do it every week!
anyway i'm trying to focus on the spirit of the holiday and think about all the good things i have to be thankful for...
i hope your torture is over. mine is pretty much and it went well. now i'm just feeling worn out and slightly sick and enjoying the silence in our apt. after all the chaos. still can't turn my anxious mind off. there should be a button between the eyes that one can push to shut the mind off and push it again to turn it back on... that would be a great invention and negate a lot of medication and angst!
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