Obligatory Melancholy Holiday Post

[beldurin]

Everyone says that "the Holidays" are a time to celebrate with friends and family, etc. I agree. But more commonly, you also hear about going "home" for the holidays. My coworkers all asked me if I was going home for the holidays. Unfortunately, due to work and money constraints, I wasn't able to; which is fine since I visited the family for

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[cmorrigu]

I hate doing the family thing for the holidays. Haha called me and told me the schedule for all the holiday gatherings, and I kept thinking "I am SO glad I'm not there to be dragged around to all of that."

I haven't necessarily felt like I've had a true home for a long time. The closest I had was my 2nd KS apartment.... and it wasn't just the apartment that made it so. I was comfortable in my job, had the cats, had a couple friends close by, and others came to visit... It was more of a combination of factors that all contributed to the feeling of home.

After I moved out of that one, I knew it was temporary and so approached it as such. It never really felt quite like home. My last apartment in the north wasn't home for various reasons, including job and relationship issues. The current apartment feels a bit more like home, but even it isn't as strong a feeling as I've had in the past. I've been feeling transitional of late.

I know that settling in, unpacking your stuff, setting up furniture and such, and decorating all help with the feeling of home.

I'm ready for a house space-wise, but I still enjoy my freedom to move anywhere without much of a hassle. I also don't care to keep up with the maintenance on a house, I'd much rather leave that to someone else at this point.