Well, it's the week of Christmas. (I know we just touched upon this, but I have a bit of lunch break left and I feel like writing. And I accidentally left my journal at home.) And in true 2020 form; it looks like it'll be a snowy bitch Christmas Eve and Christmas (which is made more hilarious by the fact that they are to be the only truly snowy days all week). I was planning on visiting my sister, but now I'm not sure what that's looking like.
My sister lives a mere 5 minute drive away (if that), but the older I get, the less willing I am to drive in shit weather. And yes, I could hoof it but my poor sense of direction mixed with shotty data plan and a constant need to be boiling-lava-hot would dictate that perhaps that would not be the sharpest idea. "And on Christmas EVE!" They would say, as they recovered my hypothermic body from my neighbor's front lawn.
It's just as well to me (see prior post about not actually giving a rodent's tushy about Christmas), but I would rather not let the old sis down. I was also planning on seeing my mother on Christmas Day, but if I am to shirk my sisterly responsibilities for a quick 5-minute-drive, I am certainly not about to risk a 25-minute one. Especially not on a road that boasts a 55-mph speed limit and turns into a luge of destruction any time there's rainfall. (THAT'S the Highway to Hell.)
I had a kind of holiday celebration with my best friend, sister and my brother-in-law earlier on in the month and was able to drop off my mother's (and her man's) gifts to her this past weekend, so at least all will not be lost. There is, after all, always Zoom / Discord for those of us who simply cannot live without at least seeing our family members on Christmas Eve/Christmas.
If I were able to be completely selfish: All I really care about is that we only have a few work days left in 2020 before my January writer's vacation. I always liked New Year's Eve better, anyway.
Looking forward to dressing up to the nines for absolutely no one and drinking a little bubbly at home.
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