Just need to whine and get it out of my system...

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I’m watching the Seahawks game. Lots of snow. None here in western NY which is odd.

What a bummer! I'm so sorry! Particularly in areas where you don't get snow often, it's so much more difficult as most don't have proper tires, driving experience etc without adding in any hills. I hope that you can find a way to get together with them another time and have a proper visit!

My dog bit my son last night.

I'm sorry your holiday has been so difficult. That has to be disappointing and I certainly don't think you are whining. I validate your disappointment.

littlemama I'm keeping Dave in my prayers too.

You deserve a whine and wine too. That is why we are here! Praying for Dave too.

MichyM I would like to take a seat next to you & add to the whining.

It's not as bad as what your son & his partner have been through with the Covid scare, of course, but it started snowing here in my little town on Vancouver Island on Christmas Eve and it hasn't stopped. Like, it HAS. NOT. STOPPED.

There is 2 feet of snow on my car; I'm trapped until someone can dig me out. We postponed Christmas, thinking we could do it today, and now.... who knows? So all my gifts are at my parents' place.

Not to mention I'm almost out of milk for my tea. And potatoes.

I was feeling very fine about it all on Friday... all, 'Meh, it's a day on the calendar, we can just celebrate it in a few days.' That's rapidly fading, as it gets closer to Wednesday, when my cousin & her daughter have to go back to Kelowna.

I'll totally validate you - with a son who tested positive and comes out of isolation on Tuesday, I know he is lonely and bored and we were all looking forward to a differently planned holiday.

Will you be able to go and visit the boys maybe in the spring or summer? I would do a half-year holiday to make up for it! take care!!!

So sorry about your Christmas debacle. I really hope that next year is much better for you.

I would love a little down time where there are no expectations, but staying in a room quarantined is NOT the way to do it. Too much alone time inside four walls, for sure.

I am so sorry!

We are supposed to leave for vacation (rented a house on the coast) tomorrow. I don’t think we will be able to get out — we have to go down a hill, and right now that hill is a sheet of ice.

I shoveled our entire dead end by myself — most of our neighbors are at least 70, one has dementia, and one is literally a retired nun. There is a little condo complex on our dead end that only has young people (20s-30s). While I was shoveling in front of the neighbor’s house with dementia, one of the young guys came out and trotted on by without offering to help at all. Last year, one of them asked to borrow my snow shovel, and literally just dug out his car without even doing the sidewalk in front of his building. People!

My family (parent, siblings, their spouses and kids included) made it through almost 2 years without anyone testing positive. We vaxxed, followed protocol, etc. We skipped Xmas and all the birthdays last year.

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving and started planning for Xmas until my sister and niece tested positive last Monday. And that was that for our family Xmas. I am thankful everyone is still ok for the most part but this just kind of threw me for a loop. I thought we were making strides but it felt like a 2020 rewind. Keeping my fingers crossed for next year. Third time is the charm right?

Being a caregiver under the best circumstances is tiring. I hope you get your son’s medical issues worked out and get some rest.