I'm all excited for Halloween, but after that's hit, I start the annual downhill slide. I like some things about the holidays, but I also dread them. That's a shame, too, because when I was a kid, it was so much fun. That was before OCD and panic disorder, though, too. I look forward to certain foods, and some of the music (I get sick of it pretty fast these years, now), some of the secular stuff, and even though I'm not religious, I understand how people feel about Christmas being commercialized. I also get riled by separation of Church and State issues even more at this time of year.

I can't wait until after the New Year. And even more so, I can't wait for the spring and warmer weather.