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were not celebrating again this year..dont have the funds for foods or anything or decorations..my roommate is going to her parents for three weeks so im stuck home to clean the house and watch the animals while my GF works on christmas…ugh..the holidays suck i have yet to experience a good one in 8 years, hell i dont even get to see my horse for the three weeks because my roommate is taking the car..leaving me stranded ::sigh:: oh well guess i shouldnt complain…but im kinda sick of not having fun on holidays
That sucks and I know what its like not being able to celebrate the holidays while everyone else is. This year we can’t decorate at all since everything is in the attic and neither of us can get up there. I can’t do any christmas shopping either since I’m an idiot and paid a bunch of bills without looking at what was in the account. Well now I have zero money so I can’t even buy food but at least the bills are paid. It doesn’t matter to me though since I get to spend my christmas with my husband which I was almost sure would not happen. We have had holidays where we couldn’t afford anything but we always make the best of it by just being with each other. I think in the end thats what the holidays are all about. You should get together with your gf after work and do something to celebrate even if it doesn’t involve gifts.
Well, they can suck, but the holidays, like any day, are what you make of them. 🙂 You dont have to go all out to have fun, just try to enjoy yourself. Not having money to shop or to travel can be a bummer but thats not what its all about. I hope you can at least find a friend to spend Christmas with, but if not, just think of things you can be thankful for. Maybe make a sandwich for a homeless man or volunteer at a soup kitchen for Christmas. You can visit an orphanage to play with the kids or (my favorite) visit the local kennel and play with the dogs to give them a break from the cage. Doing something for someone less fortunate than you can make you feel better and make you think about the fact that it could always be worse. 🙂
Just do something that’ll be special to the two of you. The important thing is to be with someone you love and to just have fun.
Let’s face it, when we celebrate Christmas, we’re at the table eating and yaking away – come to think of it, the only difference from the rest of the year is the fact that we try to wear nicer clothes 😀 Even if it’s just a quiet time, as long as it’s a good time, that’s what counts.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmI hear you 2 years ago i had both my mom nad gradma but this is the first year without either. Ii had a VERY bad spell a couple days ago but I’m better now. I don’t decorate because of the cats so it’s just a house. I pretty sure I willbe going to my aunts house for dinner but it’s now getting more and more difficult to go there since it’s the house that both of them where living in when they passed. Well they both passed in the hospital not at home but you knwo what I mean
I used to do a lot decorating at work and at home. Now I’m too worn out to do anything. Last year, I spent Christmas with my sister and her family. This year, I’ll be home alone for Christmas since I’ll be going to up to see them in January.
Even though I don’t do as much for Christmas as I used to, I still listen to Christmas music when I can to be in the spirit. I watch my Christmas movies. And my Christmas this year may be no more than a day off from work, it’s nice to have that extra day off to spend however I want. 🙂
As Ski says, it’s whatever you make it.
Maybe you can get a couple of candles, make a very simple dinner (thought that counts even if you order in) and rent a special movie that you and GF will enjoy. Cozy up on the couch together and just enjoy each others company. Theres no rule that says you have to be out and about on Christmas. Some of my best holidays were spent with the one person I loved, at home, very low key (and surrounded by our animals- they alone lift my spirits every day).
Sorry youre feeling blue but around the holidays, youre not alone as it appears everyone is in the spirit. Sometimes it’s so phony it drives me crackers.
Just try to set aside some time (even if not exactly on the 25th… the spirit is with you all the time if you let those feelings in), where the 2 of you can enjoy each others company doing something the 2 of you like.
Id be bummed about not seeing my horse too. Ive been there and that really does stink. Maybe you can have a friend drive you or borrow their car specifically for that purpose? Is a taxi too much and far? Bus? Calling someone at the barn you know and asking them if they could do you a favor youd owe back, and snag a ride with them? Just trying to help out with the ideas cause I know you love horses as I do, and I remember how it felt to miss my companion(s) when I couldnt get out to see them before I knew how to drive as a kid and I was younger.
Trite- but try to cheer up if you can. Were here for you darlin’!
Try having worked so much for the month leading up to Christmas, including on Christmas Eve, and having to not only Public Transit, but still walk more than a block to the nearest Grocery store (That’s not guaranteed closed when you’re not at work) and then discovering on Christmas Morning that absolutley nothing in this big City that you live in is open on Christmas day, so you thank god you have to work Boxing day on the other end of the city(remember you take public transit) and it almost always takes more than an hour for a Cab to come pick you up, but at least the food court will be open so you will be able to survive on your 2 packs of Mr. Noodles for your Christmas breakfast, lunch & dinner, since you don’t have to make it last 2 days. Meanwhile knowing that you have several family members that do actually live within a 15 min drive from you but you have to have a car for that to work, but because you don’t, and there-in-by don’t have the freedom to come and go you are left alone eating your Mr. Noodles on Christmas day!! At least Last Christmas I had my Car and my Male, so it was a million times better!! And this year should still even better still!! 😀 And if it’s not I’ll still be able to come here and bitch about it!!
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