Does anyone besides me hate the holidays?

Nancy, where are you located?  I'm trying to judge when the snow will get to central Maine. 

NativeMainer:  I am across from Washington, DC, in Virginia.   At 10 pm I measured 20 inches.   The entire area is a storm emergency situation.  If you drive your car and are not an emergency responder (fire, police, medical team) and you get stuck, the fine is $250 if you have 4 wheel drive, but $500 if you do not.   There were over 5000 (five thousand) reported accidents, last I heard on the news.   This is between DC, Virginia and Maryland, but a heck of a lot of wrecks.   People abandoned their cars and road crews are working continuously.   At least they have road crews and not like some areas that don't even have a truck with a snow plow.   

When I lived in Tucson, Arizona and it snowed, there were native residents who had never seen real snow and there were no snow plows or snow shovels to be had.    My fear now is that the electrical lines will come down from trees or ice.   

lefty--thanks for the update.  Looks like central Maine is going to get a miss on this storm--the local weather report is predicting possible snow showers.  The coast is getting a bit of it, but there are only winter weather warnings up.  I was watching the snow coverage on CNN yesterday for a while--quite a wopper down there!  I heard when they closed the Regan Airport.  You know there's a lot of snow when they close an international airport. 

Ice and wind will take down power lines like nobody's business.  Hopefully the wind will die off as soon as the storm blows through--that cuts down on the trees on the lines.  Hope you keep your power! 

That's quite a picture you've painted!  1 foot wide paths through the complex--I just imagine trying to carry anything through the complex!  I'm glad things are melting and you don't have to worry about power outages.  The wind's picked up here, so I may lose power tonight, but that's not unusual and doesn't generally last more than a few hours.  Just annoying to have to reset all the clocks. 

LOL!

Getting very close to Christmas here....late afternoon of 23 December.

Am so very over Christmas already.  Spent 3 hours this morning shopping for food with about a million other people, and just to add to my enjoyment we are experiencing a 42 C day which works out to about 102F temperature for my friends on the other side of the equator.  I am not even sure I have bought what I need ....most of it was just junk!!

I ran into my mother while shopping and she is currenty not talking to me (or just barely) because I decided that I would like a quiet christmas a home with DH and kids.  She is annoyed that I won't be going to the big family one.  Very awkward moment there but I am still happy with my decision.

SO IT IS OFFICIAL....CHRISTMAS SUCKS.

Big hugs to all

Viv

Bah-humbug.  I feel a cold coming on -- worried I might not make the great escape to Boston tomorrow.  Growl...  It will be so much fun coughing and horking crap on my b/f. Gee honey, did you miss me, sniff, snort, wipe my nose, gimme a kiss...sigh.

No tree, no wreath, the few cards I got are in a pile on the counter.   Tomorrow is family dinner and that will be one big headache, I just know it.   And I probably have to walk 3 blocks if I can find a parking space.   Joy to the world... bah humbug.   

A big heartfelt BAH-HUMBUG for all my holiday hating sisters!  

My best friend INSISTED that I come to her house, so I could be a buffer between her and her family.  Normally, I do go over there and put up with Christmas, so it's sort of a tradition....but this year I'm just not in the mood.

So I was supposed to be there at 3-3:30.  It's now 4:30, and her daughter just called to see what I was up to/when am I coming over.  The bitch is pulling out all the stops, knowing I won't tell her daughter to f*ck off.

Bah.  I'll be eating myself silly on stuff I don't really like just to get through it; watching the clock and waiting for an appropriate time to escape.

Lovely.

Merry F*ucking Christmas.

Oh, and I had to buy the obligatory gifts - just to add some financial injury to the mix. 

I'd be so much happier if I could just be left alone to relax and clean my apartment.  BC creates a lot of paperwork that just ends up in piles.

Oh no, there is another holiday after New Years... Valentine's Day.  Another one that will suck tremendously for the single ones.  I know, I've had to sit through it for 20+ years while watching all of the other women in the office get flowers.

I've found a couple of more reasons for today to suck.  It appears that my fiance didn't put my name with his on his kids Christmas gifts.   So now, I guess I haven't given them a damn thing for Christmas.

On top of that, tonight I was borrowing his iphone to look up something and found he had two pornographic websites opened on it.

*sigh* 

Hi there ladies,

I do alot of reading on this site and am so grateful for the honesty that is posted.  I need some help.  I like all of you have been extremely down and my fuse has been -10..lol Nothing makes me laugh too much.  My S/O just makes my blood boil and all he has to do is open his mouth!  I cannot confront him anything as he is unaccountable for any action...so this past week we went to the Onc so she could put me on Femara (I start taking this on Jan 1st) .  I had a check list the length of your arm one thing I am suffering from is vertigo - so Monday I go for a brain MRI - they want to check to see if there is anything in there...lol  I finished rad Dec 11th - 33 treatments.  There have been 4 bad attacks of the vertigo and enough is enough.  With the list of items I checked was my libido..the doc looked at me and said that is in your head!  My S/O worships the ground the onc walks on so he translated that to "I was not attracted to him anymore!"  Why so men do that.  How do they learn to turn everything around and make it about them.  That appointment I was and guess am at my rock bottom and day be day I am walking out of it!   Does anyone agree with my oncs comment that libido is all in your head!  This did start a huge fight...Please I would love to hear from you.