After the highs of fun and laughter, comes the lows of waking up to a world filled with piles of work to do. Leftover work from before the holidays, new work for the new year and even future work; the prospect of normalcy gets most people down (speaking of which, I think I really should get a look at that rv insurance).

With the holiday season officially over, it is not uncommon to find people grumping about being back to reality. Two days ago on Facebook, most of my friends had statuses that read: “ *insert name here* is back to work” followed by a sad face icon. Or something like this: ” *insert name here* doesn’t want to go back to *insert place of work here*“. Even I did not escape unscathed from the aftermath of a really, really good vacay. Especially since she’s going back to Manila while I am left here to finish whatever it was that I’ve started. The feeling got to be sooo bad and (thanks to FB) so widespread and mutual that I coined it the Post-Holiday Depression Syndrome or the PHDS.

I am almost (but not totally. I’m still missing her!) over it now. I’m back to teaching and working on my master’s thesis. But for those of you not yet over the holidays and still suffering from PHDS, here’s a really funny music video for you. god knows we can all relate *winks*. hehe.