I've been avoiding this thread......because its all so close to me.

I'm a cronic holliday "bah-humbug"-er. Since I stopped being a kid, the holidays always provided more stress than joy, because I could never provide what I wanted to, for my good friends and family. Last year with my somewhat financial sucess, it was a good year.

This year, due to my situation, it is at its worse. I don't want to bore everyone with the details that I'm sure you are all sick of, but man this really sucks. I did manage to scrape up enough $ to keep my power on over the holidays though..........And, I've got enough to get Ryan "something" for x-mas.

I guess I've been lurking around in this thread though, because its good to know that I'm not alone with thoughts of depression, as well as stress, around the holidays.