Holiday letdown?

[chicating]

Feeling kind of sad and small today. No major blow-ups with the extended fam, but that doesn't mean it's quite what a person would desire if she got to choose...they make a lot of promises that, historically, they don't follow through with, And my mom's on another one of her missions again...mostly, they lead to good things, but leave me feeling like I should be pulling at her pantlegs with chocolate on my face.
Sometimes, I need to slay my own dragons. And I wish I'd never said I felt a moment's twinge about that tipping-in-the-living-room thing because she's back to Mothers-From_Hell mode again.
is too much.