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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 11:13:58 GMT
I pity the people who thought this morning "I'll go to the shops at around 10:15. That should be early enough to beat the rush."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2018 11:49:32 GMT
I pity the people who thought this morning "I'll go to the shops at around 10:15. That should be early enough to beat the rush." I only pity them because anyone who did that here would be standing out in the cold for a while as the shops don't open until 1pm! Otherwise it's their own fault for leaving it late, though the people who leave it until tomorrow are the really foolish ones. That said though, sometimes it's impossible to get food with decent best before/use by dates until the 22nd/23rd at the earliest! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 23, 2018 13:43:23 GMT
I feel as though I'm starting another cold, even though the one I started less than 3 weeks ago hasn't finished. Not happy.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 24, 2018 11:05:49 GMT
So far, so good. Blue sky, a low sun and fog in the valley bottoms. Absolutely magical.
It could almost be a movie set. All that's missing is people spontaneously bursting into song!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2018 11:13:51 GMT
All that's missing is people spontaneously bursting into song! Happy to oblige if you need someone (beats spending a morning trying to get through to my mortgage broker to find out if my remortgage will be sorted on 2 Jan or not, which is how I've wasted my morning)! "The hills are alive..." |
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Post by lynette on Dec 24, 2018 17:27:19 GMT
So far
Michael Clayton
Shall We Dance
Top Hat
Now Mary Poppins.......
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 25, 2018 19:38:08 GMT
Oh for someone to save me from my family. 4 of them have been drinking since 9am. The other one started at 12.
The noise has been growing and growing. I tried to escape and they just moved.
Doing shots of leftover cheap booze isn't my idea of fun. Even less so when you are witness to the carnage.
Singing along to The Greatest Showman in 3 keys at once was the final straw
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 21:27:54 GMT
Oh for someone to save me from my family. 4 of them have been drinking since 9am. The other one started at 12. The noise has been growing and growing. I tried to escape and they just moved. Doing shots of leftover cheap booze isn't my idea of fun. Even less so when you are witness to the carnage. Singing along to The Greatest Showman in 3 keys at once was the final straw Keep your chin up Not long to go And family is SO over rated |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 25, 2018 21:34:50 GMT
It is really tough going. I just want to sleep
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 21:38:38 GMT
When with certain members of my family I wish I had the guts to do what Professor Farnsworth does in one episode of Futurama. He just suddenly says "I'm bored!" and leaves.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 21:40:57 GMT
It is really tough going. I just want to sleep Oh poor you Lots of hugs Family can be so stressful But (and I don’t mean this in a patronising way) You would miss them if they weren’t there So try and get the best you can out of a bad situation 🤗🎉😘 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 21:49:08 GMT
The best thing we have in our family is a child. We always have Christmas at a house where the child *doesn't* live so we get to break up the party fairly early by saying "oh, well, the child needs to go to bed soon", and that's a brilliant opportunity for everyone to escape. Not quite sure how we'll cope when the child gets a bit too old for that to work, but we'll certainly make the most of it for now...
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Post by lynette on Dec 25, 2018 23:37:13 GMT
Peter Sellers movie, I’m all right, Jack
Strictly Xmas Special. Carve up. He wasn’t the best dancer..what's new?
That Torville and Dean shtick
Finished the pud....
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Post by ruby on Dec 25, 2018 23:57:23 GMT
The best thing we have in our family is a child. We always have Christmas at a house where the child *doesn't* live so we get to break up the party fairly early by saying "oh, well, the child needs to go to bed soon", and that's a brilliant opportunity for everyone to escape. Not quite sure how we'll cope when the child gets a bit too old for that to work, but we'll certainly make the most of it for now... We used a similar excuse in that we had to get home to make sure the dogs were OK. Funnily enough that coincided with the nephew and niece rapidly working themselves up to the inevitable tears and tantrums. Now sat at home quietly with a drink. |
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Post by showgirl on Dec 26, 2018 4:22:33 GMT
Xmas is always very quiet (and dull!) in our household but even more so this year as OH is ill and I'm still recovering from my foot op so even my usual escape (walking) isn't fully open to me. I still miss the many years when I could work through Xmas and New Year, so I could enjoy the busy atmosphere at work and those who wanted the time off could have it.
Oh to be able either to work again or to go away and avoid Xmas altogether, but OH won't even hear of going out for Xmas lunch, so no hope of going away unless I do so alone - but that would be unfair to him. My best Xmas ever was probably when OH was in India for Oxfam so I could pick the most unpopular shifts (eg Xmas Day night duty) and sail through the virtual doldrums.
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Post by kathryn on Dec 26, 2018 8:34:36 GMT
We used a similar excuse in that we had to get home to make sure the dogs were OK. Funnily enough that coincided with the nephew and niece rapidly working themselves up to the inevitable tears and tantrums. Now sat at home quietly with a drink. If only our relatives had decided to leave their badly-trained dog at home, rather than bringing her round, letting her run around getting under everyone’s feet, and nicking food off people’s plates. They didn’t go home until after she had vomited all over the living room carpet.... |
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Post by alece10 on Dec 26, 2018 10:09:03 GMT
The nice thing about spending Christmas alone is that you can do what you want, when you want.
I always do the full Christmas with tree and lunch but the following day wonder if it was worth the effort.
Came to lunchtime and realised I wasn't hungry so just cooked my meal for dinner.
Even had an afternoon kip which you can't do if with friends or family.
I do feel a bit low at some point during the day but then say to myself that it will be over soon and back to normality and eating Christmas food for the next few weeks.
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Post by Tibidabo on Dec 26, 2018 10:52:58 GMT
Well, after last year's Chess/Ballgate I imagine you're all waiting with baited breath to hear whether or not Mr Tibs decided to go down the theatre ticket route this year.
I can reveal that he did. Yes. He's a brave, brave man.
This year he listened a teeny bit more carefully and when I came home last April full of the joys of Remembering Fred, Strictly's Aljaž and Janette's Palladium show, he decided that he couldn't go far wrong with this year's tour, Remembering the Movies, as I had obviously loved it so much last time round....
......so much indeed, that when the tickets went on sale in September I had immediately purchased front row beauties, which have been emblazoned on the pin board ever since, along with the date on the calendar chiselled accordingly. I might have mentioned it a few times as well of course.
Ooopsy.
Still. It turned out that it was a bit of a lucky escape as, apparently, he'd been toying with the idea of 9 to 5. We spent the whole of Christmas day trying to work out where on earth this stroke of randomness had come from as I don't think I have ever even mentioned Dolly Parton during the entire course of our (too?) long marriage. It eventually transpired that he thought it was a stage version of Working Girl, a film I do, indeed, love and have watched several times on the telly-box.
That's nearly as good as when he took us all to Annie and kept complaining about political correctness and surely they could have a pretend gun on stage...?
Oh well. Maybe perfume next year? In the meantime, and not for the first time, 'we' (ie. the Tibettes) are choosing friends to treat to surplus Palladium premium tickets in April.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2018 17:07:24 GMT
Not been good recently have been suffering from bad depression for a number of weeks after I was bad with a heavy cold and my sleep got disrupted, having little interest in doing anything and wanting to spend hours just lay in bed. When I have managed to get out and have a good day I've then ended up not sleeping and necking stupid amounts of sleeping tablets. After not sleeping on Christmas Eve night despite taking 7 sleeping tablets across the night I ended up via a walk-in NHS Centre at an A and E dept for over 4 hours yesterday afternoon and evening. My mum came with me so we had no real Xmas Day.
I'm not asking for sympathy but depression can hit anyone at anytime. I have no real financial worries and a lot of freedom but it can sadly strike anyone.
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Post by peggs on Dec 26, 2018 22:33:24 GMT
Oh @hister don't know what to say in response to where you are currently at except I hope you can get back into a proper sleep pattern and that helps with the depression. And you're right of course about any time any person.
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Post by happytobehere on Dec 27, 2018 0:04:40 GMT
@hitster I’m sorry you’re going through all of this awfulness. I’ve had my own experiences with depression recently so I can totally relate to how you feel. I’m not a doctor or anything, and it probably doesn’t work for everybody but when I get really bad depressive episodes I force myself to go outside- even if it’s just the garden for 15 minutes or something- I think (for me at least) the quiet & fresh air helps. I don’t know if that’ll help you or not but I hope it does. If you ever want to talk more feel free to message me & take care of yourself x
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Post by lynette on Dec 27, 2018 0:54:48 GMT
I’m so sorry hitster. How horrible for you. We are all here to support you. I do hope you can get the help you need. Sounds like you are in a bit of a loop of depression, hard to break. Don’t hesitate to post here for support.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2018 9:49:49 GMT
Hey @hitster, sorry to read about your experiences but at least you did the right then and got help.
I'd say Christmas time is the worst for it; society at Christmas is geared up to make us feel worthless, expending money we don't have on gifts we don't need. There is so much pressure to realise the most 'perfect Christmas' every year. It's shoved in our faces from every angle, all the family sat round the table, happy joyful faces, its all fake and all it does it reduce us all to massive bags of stress and emotional wrecks, triggered by the smallest of details.
Learning to look past the mirage of the perfect Christmas will help in the future but for the mean time keep seeking help - and (in my non-professional opinion) don't become to reliant on the sleeping pills.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 19:43:24 GMT
I nearly crashed into a deer just off the A4260 today. Fortunately for both of us another deer ran across the road a few seconds ahead of it so I was wary, and then the second one popped out of the bushes just about where I'd have been had I not slowed down.
Cool animals, deer.
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Post by musicallady on Dec 28, 2018 19:55:06 GMT
Back to work tomorrow 9-6
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