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Rambling Exasperation. ‘Tis the season…

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December is the cruelest month. I know that's not how the actual saying goes, but I think that December - at least the first three weeks - can definitely be the most demanding, exasperating, and just plain difficult time of the entire year. I know - it sounds like Scrooge all over again, and I'm sorry, but from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve, my life is a sleep-deprived blur. I work in Finance, and like millions of others, I find year-end to be filled with the most hectic and challenging of work schedules. The fact that get a week off between Christmas and New Year's only means that the "year-end" occurs on December 24th rather than on the 31st. Okay, I should be grateful for the annual vacation, but it comes with a price... three weeks of absolute craziness trying to close the books on another year. Add to all this the Holiday activities, shopping and decorating and everything else, and it only compounds the frustration. Really, who has time for a