I am anxious about something I have no right to be anxious about.
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That started here before Halloween.
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Here too. It’s BALLS.
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People are being really grinchy about Christmas and snow. I love the snow! So pretty! And only like minus 5 so I’m okay in double sweaters since no coats fit
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I’ve made peace with snow in autumn (although it does really bother me as weather becomes more and more extreme,this does not bode well for the future of the planet).
For me, it is the bleeding of holidays across other times of the year. Being bombarded with Christmas music and decorations and advertising two entire months early, before two other discrete holidays/times of the year, is draining. Like, give us a chance to celebrate fall and the harvest and Halloween before launching into the most heavily commercialized time of the year.
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I wait past Halloween. And managed to squeak past remberance day because the snow didn’t get good till like 12.
But wintery weather is a fall normal here…it’s just that the GTA had like 15 years of creepy non winter winters and people got soft
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Yeah, it feels less like authentic Christmas cheer and more like OMG BUY BUY BUY NOW. NO, BUY MORE. THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, BUY MOOOOOOOOORE.
A crafter friend of mine opined that maybe holiday sales would pick up sooner than usual on account of the snow on freaking HALLOWEEN and then again this past Monday. And… OK? Money’s nice. Especially when the money’s going to independent artists like me and like her - except I will bet you all a million dollars that corporations are thinking this way too and that is just gross.
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Sorry for being grinchy guys. Does it help that I get into a witchy solstice spirit around the 18th or so?
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I saw my main specialist today. I drove to a far part of the city, waited 1.5 hours (i got there 15 mins early because I’m a foolish optimist) Waiting took forever so I fell asleep in my chair. His arrival woke me up so I was groggy and out of it for our five minute appointment. During that time he did nothing useful or memorable. I go see him again in six months. Then I drove home in rush hour traffic, and got here too late to take little dude swimming. Little dude is sad.
This doc allegedly coordinates my care. He is a useless fuck.
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Kid-4’s voice coach passed away after almost 3 years suffering from colon cancer. She was in her 40s and had a 10-year-old.
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But…but…the Grinch hated Christmas at Christmas time! I LOVE Christmas at Christmas time! It just feels so weird to me to start celebrating one holiday when there’s another one (or two or three) actually happening in real time. It probably doesn’t help that people keep trying to sing about snow and sleigh bells when it’s 85F/29C outside…
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My mother is coming to visit tomorrow for 4 days and I’m not done cleaning in advance. Instead I’m sitting on the couch surfing the net procrastinating.
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My parents just told me they are not doing their usual winter in Key West this year and have rented out their house there. I have several related complaints:
- I thought I was totally on the ball and already purchased their Christmas gift, which is something that is only useful at their house in FL.
- I now need new cheap winter vacation plans.
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It rained and now my feet will be wet all day
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All week my cat has played the “run away when it’s time for meds” game.
;___;
Tiny kitten you’re supposed to be too dumb. We’ve been doing this song and dance for like 8 months, and for so long you were shocked and surprised every stinking time. What changed!?!?!?
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Tiny Cat must have leveled up recently and gotten a boost to her evasion stat.
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I am getting sick again.
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I burned my toast (Costco artisan roll for cinnamon toast) - ate it anyway. Not as bad as expected.
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I’m so into making veggie stock. Do you have any apple peels you could add in and re-warm it for a bit?
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I have a 24 hour headache. Tylenol brings it down to dull pressure, but ffs headache, just GO AWAY.
(I am really over this regular headache thing.)
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