Is anyone else suffering from what I would refer to as post-holiday letdown? It happens to me every year after Christmas. Whether they're great, (like this year), so-so, or complete disasters, (it doesn't seem to matter) when the holidays are over and I'm once again trying to get back into the rhythm of the life I lead, it is a struggle.

It doesn't help that I don't have the ambition or inclination to put all the trappings of Christmas back where they belong in a vast multitude of boxes and containers in my flippin' freezing basement!

Yes, my tree (yes, it is a real tree) is still in the corner of my tiny living room, still pretty, but looking a bit worse-for-wear. The stockings are still hung by the piano with care, (from those great Command hooks which also need to come off the wall) and I think there still might be a stray Hershey's kiss in the bottom of one of them.

Work is another story. Don't get me wrong, I love my job and I know just how lucky I am! I work with the funniest man on the planet, as well as some of the best people I know. I am allowed to use my brain for some of the most interesting work there is. Most days that is enough to keep me from putting my head in the oven. And then there is this post-Christmas- -thing.

I'm tired, cranky, distracted, weepy, (and the rest of the Seven Dwarfs) and for the time being I can't seem to shake it. As a person who has dealt with depression for a large segment of my life, I'm not surprised by this. But it does add to the difficulty of functioning in the real world which reappears with a vengeance the minute the holidays are in your rearview mirror! Apparently it is time for a weekend and perhaps a chat with my doctor.

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