Christmas downtime

So, there's yet another reason why Christmas (well, all holidays, really) is hard for the bereaved.  Like Sundays, there's a lot of downtime.

Today, I had nothing to do.  This is not good for grievers or the depressed.  I decided to go for a walk anyway, and made up some errands to kind of make myself do it.  I also ran into a couple of jobs by accident, so that helped.

But holidays, with their extra demands on your time, tend to mean that a lot of normal activities get cancelled.  The bereaved, therefore, tend to have a lot of time to do nothing but mope ...