Getting busy

It's starting to get busy again around the old homestead. Passover falls out at the end of March this year so that means preparations start early. I mean they start early all the time but because this it seems like a real sprint rather than a middle distance race things have to get started quickly. By things I mean the cleaning and the shopping. Truth is I really hate Passover with a vengence. I hate the fuss, the upset schedules, the bland tasteless food, the late nights, every single thing. I have never had a good passover experience. Of course in between all this I send out resumes and get grad school sorted out. I mean I get the point of Passover but to me it's devolved into a forced exercise in family get together. Truth is I'd rather stay home and eat a light meal and go to bed early than stay up until 2:00a and pretend to enjoy myself. Even the thought of community seder doesn't appeal to me at all. I just hate Passover.

In the meantime there's all the cleaning and shopping to do. Yech!! Everything is so overpriced. The markets are crowded and people behave like animals. I wish there was a way to just avoid all of this. Sure i could just go away to someplace like Italy or Spain but that would mean sitting through a seder with strangers. Although the up side is that I could blow everyone off and go sight seeing on my own. I'm just dreaming because if I had a thousand dollars I could pull it off. It's been suggested I go to New York to visit family for Passover but again I would have to sit through a seder-no thank you. If there was only a way to just avoid the whole thing to begin with that would be great. Hum.

More later