January 6, 2013  REPORTING ASIDE: Battling the post-holiday
doldrums  By Amy Calder acalder@centralmaine.com Staff Writer
It's 6 a.m. and I don't want to get out of bed.  The cat hasn't
jumped on my head to get me up because even he is smart enough
to know it's too cold to go out.   You know what I'm talking
about -- it's the post-holiday blahs.  You're fat, lazy and
sleepy.  You've been eating cookies, fudge and sweet bread for
what seems like weeks and can't stop, even when the Christmas
tins are all empty. The extra treats you've tossed into the
freezer for future consumption are gone, and you know it's time
to cease and desist.   What are you supposed to do? Throw it
out? Nahhh, you can't do that. It's really good stuff and comes
along only once a year.   It's the denouement of the holiday
season, and we suffer through it every year.  It starts just
after New Year's Day and continues for a week or so until we're
back on schedule, on track and fully settled into our old
routines.      Time to clean the ho