holidays. continued?

about one week ago, january 19th to be exact, i had a dentist appointment. fun stuff. for some reason i always get to be the trial run for the new girl, i know i know, it's always a girl never a guy. but anyways, i always get the new girl so my routine appointments always take forever! and she tends to usually stab me with the pointy tools, squirt me with the water thingy, and cause my gums to bleed by attacking them with floss. it's not that my gums are just weak and unused to flossing, i do floss my teeth like a good little girl, but i don't use the force that the new girls always use. my poor gums. but anyways you're all, who am i kidding i doubt more than 5 people read this, probably wondering why is this post titled holidays? don't worry, i'm getting there.



as i walk into my dentist office on january 19th i see pink and red everywhere. and hearts and balloons. and twirly things hanging from the ceiling. one of those banners where all the letters are connected reads happy valentine's day! it's january 19th. basically a month away, and my dentist is already celebrating. they even gave us wonderfully sugar coated cookies as we walked out the door. shaped in a heart of course with a heart shape in the frosting as well. i don't know how most people view valentine's day, but to me it's not really worth a whole month of preperation. sure you get all the warm fuzzies as you spend your day with those closest to you all that jazz, but really? a whole month ahead of time? kinda makes it seem like february 14th is going to be the best day of the year. maybe it is to some.

after working in retail over the holiday season i have come to this conclusion: america over celebrates the holidays. as soon as halloween ended we were preparing for thanksgiving and as soon as thanksgiving ended up came the christmas trees. is our world really that bad that we need to look so far ahead to find something worth celebrating? i sure hope not. celebrate the small stuff, don't take it forgranted.