the deed is done

Today I un-decorated and disassembled my Christmas tree and put it away. I also packed up and put away all the little and not so little bits of decoration all over the apartment and generally restored everything to its normal every day state. It had to be done. It happens every year but right now everything looks so empty. All the pretty lights are packed away. A casual friend told me recently that she keeps her tree up until April, changing the decorations for Valentines Day and Easter. In a way that sounds fun but I think I will continue to put everything away in January then I can look forward to the bright newness of it all after Thanksgiving next November. In the meantime I will start to dream of spring. It's bound to come some time. Right? Right! Hold that thought.