So the gifts I ordered for my brother and SIL had a Dec 17-23 delivery window when I placed the order. I just checked the tracking and now it's expected to be the 26th. I really don't want to shop tomorrow.
Saffron: I'll die. Mal: Well, as a courtesy, you might start getting busy on that, 'cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.
'Trash'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Dec 23, 2019 3:54:50 pm PST #14948 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2019 4:15:23 pm PST #14949 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
askye, I am sorry it is so hard. I am the only one who cares about doing things at holidays anymore and the more I push to do them the angrier I become when no one else wants to. This year I really tried to stop and I did what I wanted just for me and it has been a bit better.
Eventually I hope to start to to do things that I like with friends and my family time will be low-key nothing for holidays.
It sucks, but your enjoyment of things requires other people participating, then you have to find like-minded people or develop new ways of doing those things just for yourself.
msbelle - Dec 23, 2019 4:17:17 pm PST #14950 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
aurelia, can you wrap a picture of the gift and let them know they will be in next day? Surely adults would understand that.
-t - Dec 23, 2019 4:28:40 pm PST #14951 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, I'm sorry, aurelia. FedEx and UPS have been overwhelmed, I know, it's a bummer you're getting hit with the lateness. I second msbelle's picture idea. Two turtle doves and whatever is on the way for Boxing Day!
I'm sorry, askye.
I also second msbelle's just don't tell them suggestion. Any guilt you feel is not righteous guilt.
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2019 4:29:26 pm PST #14952 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Pumpkin pies and cornbread are baked and cooling, dishes are done, iPad is grabbing some of my iPhone's data from iCloud, and I just did my end-of-year giving (a food pantry in my neighborhood, a homeless shelter, SPCA, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Planned Parenthood). (I still intend to kick $$ in for the Buffista giving thing, too.)
Presents are wrapped and in separate Trader Joe's bags by family (my Dad, my mom/stepdad, my bro/SiL, Tim's family), my clothes are clean and unwrinkled, and I can sleep in until 8 tomorrow morning. I think I am ready for a full day of my family tomorrow and a full day of Tim's family on Christmas. And then Thursday I am not doing a damn thing except submitting my December invoice to the AMA and maybe dragging my ass out to see Jumanji or Star Wars.
askye - Dec 23, 2019 4:37:39 pm PST #14953 of 30019
Thrive to spite them
I think I'm really really missing my family right now. They are all at the beachm I haven't seen my dad since ok since we went down to the beach in October but he hasn't visited up here in I don't remember when.... spring?
And they are going to see my grandma who is 99 and this could be her last Chris's and E is there.
It didn't feel this bad when I was in Front or at least I don't remember it being this bad but they were so far away and they are only 7 hours away right now.
Plus I don't have any traditions built withatthew so I'm floundering.
Although we were also invited to a family friends home for a meal so it looks like there will be Christmas merriment of some kind
msbelle - Dec 23, 2019 4:47:47 pm PST #14954 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ack - the giving thing! shit - must go get info and post!
Thanks Steph.
lisah - Dec 23, 2019 5:50:08 pm PST #14955 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Eventually I hope to start to to do things that I like with friends and my family time will be low-key nothing for holidayWill be great for you to be here in December next year. We are a festive people!
sj - Dec 23, 2019 5:55:23 pm PST #14956 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gifts are all wrapped. Bows and a couple gift baskets will be assembled tomorrow. I let go of the idea of baking or cooking anything this year. I ordered pies from a fantastic bakery and hummus etc from a great Mediterranean market and will bring those and wind to the houses we're going to. Hopefully ltc will love everything.
NoiseDesign - Dec 23, 2019 8:13:03 pm PST #14957 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
For those of you that have large amounts of vacation time banked, check with your employer and see if they allow you to gift them to a fellow employee who might need them. This can be a huge gift for someone that is dealing with a family member in the hospital, or a new employee who doesn't have a ton of accrued vacation time and has a sudden emergency need. Not all employers allow this, but if they do it's a pretty amazing thing to be able to do.