holidays already??

I love the holiday season! I really do! I love being with friends and family and the caring and sharing that goes on. I wish all the time could be holiday time! NO wait I do not wish that. As much as I love the holidays I do not want them all the time. The work it takes to get everything ready the time the aggravation the pain and sweating and the mix of emotions and attitudes? I wouldn't take it on a permanent basis for all the money in the world! I love the time together but the work well I could live with out that. My daughters birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year so double duty on that day. I don't really mind but I feel bad for her since it is her birthday. I feel like when she has thanksgiving on her birthday or her birthday on thanksgiving she gets cheated out of her special day. I almost wish she would have been born on time and and not taken early. It is what it is and we deal. I m really actually dreading the holidays this year. It is an end for me this year and I am not ready for that yet but that is a whole other story i don't want to get into. I just wonder how to get through with a smile on my face and have a god time knowing that my world maybe turned upside down shortly there after. I also have this horrible diet I have to follow that allows me to eat very little. No raw veggies or fruits no nuts or seeds no whole grain or while wheat, no corn at all and no broccoli or cauliflower unless it is pureed. No salads no nothing unless it is really soft. I cant even have crackers unless I soak them in something like coffee or tea or soup. I cant eat beans or peas (don't eat peas anyway) or fruit that has been cooked with the skin on it. Can not even have cheese unless it is melted in whatever I am eating. I am so tired f having to eat only the easy to digest low residue soft foods I want to scream!! I am loosing weight at a time when most are gaining it so I am happy about that except that the doctor does not want me to loose weight right now because that is a sign that I am as he said not getting enough variety of foods. ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? I cant eat very many things so how am I to have a variety of them? Ugh so frustrating! Anyway what are you happy about this time of year?