Lost the plot.........

Gah.......... :\\\'( :\\\'( My dad made a christmas music cd and sent it along with the card, I was just listening to it, and I was doing pretty well, until the last song, Feliz Navidad, and now I'm just falling to pieces. We all sang it together last christmas for the 'video', and now I'm just missing home sooooooo very much. I'm completely losing it. I don't know when I'll be able to get home again, and I'm just so lost right now. It was so special and wonderful last year, and I just don't know if I'll ever get another one with them.

Oh, hugs to you! The holidays can be so hard--up one moment and down the next. It's such a tough balancing act between keeping the traditions you're accustomed to and celebrating the good things from where you happen to be now. I'm all right as long as I'm out participating in things, but when I'm just stuck at home it hits me. Is there anything fun and festive you can get out and do?

 

Hang in there.  I second what Elynor said, it's a really emotionally turbulent time of year and you've just got to make the best of the season.  I broke down and cried this morning when DH went off to work.  Just the holiday blues: missing family, being over-extended financially, and this crappy cold and dark weather.  But it WILL get better.  It has to....right?!   

Hang in there.  I second what Elynor said, it's a really emotionally turbulent time of year and you've just got to make the best of the season.  I broke down and cried this morning when DH went off to work.  Just the holiday blues: missing family, being over-extended financially, and this crappy cold and dark weather.  But it WILL get better.  It has to....right?!   

Wow, that sounds familiar!  It has to get better.  HUGS to everyone!

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

I've been feeling the same, Desert Dreamer! You're not alone! Things just seem less festive here...I'm used to tons more lights, holiday decorations, holiday music...and I really miss being in the holiday atmosphere of my family. The worst part is knowing it's all going on without me DH has tried to help though, by doing little things...he bought me a christmas tree that's much bigger than what is usually seen around here to help me feel "more at home" for the holidays.

Hugs to you! Maybe you can arrange a video chat, voice chat, and/or phone call for christmas eve or day with your family? I am planning on having the webcam and voice chat on with my family while we all open gifts so it's as close to sharing the day together as possible

I'm sorry I'm just seeing this now.  Thanksgiving is the one that kicks me hard every year.  I do not know if I will ever be able to get through that holiday without tears.  I love Christmas in Britain, that said, it's still very hard not being with family.  Hang in there.  It will all get better.  This is a hard time of year to be away from family.  Also, I burst into tears hearing "I'll be home for Christmas."  *hugs*

Aww *hugs* I'm sort of doing the oppoiste thing just now. Stuck in the States, spending Christmas away from dh. I can't stand it >_< It's nice to be able to see my parents and all that, but I'd rather be in Edinburgh. Hope you're feeling better!