I'll Be Back!

I'm taking a little break for the holidays! See you in 2026!

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Welcome to Homeschool Horizons. I'm Yvette, your host. How is everyone doing? Hey everybody. Halloween is coming up. Are you guys gonna dress up? Do you guys go out? Do you not celebrate it? Uh, we do celebrate in that we dress up in costumes and we do go trick-or-treating. So my sons are really excited about that. One of my sons is gonna be the Grinch. And the other one, you know what? I can't really tell you. He's gonna be some sort of Japanese anime character that I am still not understanding that world that he is into right now, but um he's really excited about what he's gonna wear. And my husband and I are actually gonna dress up this year and we're gonna be pirates. So we're all gonna go out trick-or-treating, and I am actually looking forward to that. However, I am not very much looking forward to the rest of the holidays that come in November and December. Except for I do love my favorite holidays, actually, New Year's Eve. I love New Year's Eve. I love dressing up. I love that I don't feel any pressure that day. I love that people are cheerful and hopeful for the for the coming year. Um, I don't know. That just all that makes me really happy. So I look forward to that. But for the other holidays, I get really stressed out and very overwhelmed. And I get like this every year. And I've tried everything. I've tried relaxing, I've tried praying, I've tried slowing things down, I've tried um changing my mindset. I've tried, I mean, I've tried many things to enjoy the holidays, but it's just not happening. It just doesn't happen. It's just not gonna happen. And my husband could see that I was already overwhelmed. And you know, it's not just the holidays too, on top of the holidays this year, it's also the fact that my dad has dementia. I think if you listen to my podcasts, uh, some of my previous podcasts, you may have heard me talking about my dad's dementia a little bit. I haven't really gotten that much into it, but he was diagnosed a couple of months ago, and it's just been really heavy, a lot for my family. And if you have somebody with dementia or had anyone with dementia in your family, I know you understand. And so, you know, take that on top of the holidays, hosting, shopping, cooking, all of that, decorating. It's just homeschooling along, along with all of that. It's just a lot for me. It's just a lot. So my husband came up with the idea. He said, you know what? He said, why don't you pause the podcast for, you know, these next couple of months? And as soon as he said it, I felt like it was the right thing. I felt like, yeah, yeah, you know, I need to release some things in order to um relieve my pressure because of the pressure that I get when, you know, during the holidays. So I am going to pause it, but I'll be back in January. Oh my gosh, you guys, I'll be back in 2026. I don't you guys feel like this year just went by really, really fast. I literally feel like it has been one of the fastest years ever. But yeah, I'll be back in 2026. I want to wish you all um happy Halloween, happy Thanksgiving, happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, Merry Christmas to all of you that actually really love Christmas and enjoy it. I know it's the favorite holiday of so many people. It's actually my mom and dad's favorite holiday, Christmas. So Merry Christmas to my parents, my mom if she's listening, and happy new year to everybody. And I will see you all in 2026. Talk to you soon.