2020 continues to do its thing
Dec. 3rd, 2020 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsAfter saying I was fine to go away for Christmas I got a message from the person letting the apartment last night saying she's not sure if I'll be able to go now because where she's located is still in Tier 3 which means all holiday homes have to close.
I was not in a good headspace after getting this news. Since I can't visit any of my family for the holidays going away was literally the only thing I had to look forward to.
It's nobody's fault. I certainly can't blame the host for actually following the rules. But the prospect of spending Christmas in my house alone had me feeling utterly miserable.
I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends. As soon as I told people everyone rallied around and within a few minutes I had multiple offers from people who said they weren't doing much for Christmas and would be happy to hang out online with me and chat or watch shows. My sister messaged me to say I could form a Christmas bubble with her and her partner and stay with them if I wanted (which I would but I don't think it's a good idea. She's also in Tier 3 and my work means I can't isolate before/after visiting people which is the same reason I can't visit my parents).
But today things looked a little more promising. The host messaged me again to say she think they will be dropping down to Tier 2 in a couple of weeks as their number of cases is falling. She also didn't know that the rules were changing over the festive period so she said she would look into that too.
Now that I've slept on it, it is what it is. If I can't go away for the holidays I'll just have to make the best of it. I have 5 days off work regardless and if it comes to it I might just drive out somewhere for the day just so I'm out of the house. We'll see what happens.
And, on the plus side, I channeled my sad feelings into something positive and wrote 500 words of my next![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
hc_bingo fic. I actually felt better afterwards.
So, you know, taking one day at a time.
I was not in a good headspace after getting this news. Since I can't visit any of my family for the holidays going away was literally the only thing I had to look forward to.
It's nobody's fault. I certainly can't blame the host for actually following the rules. But the prospect of spending Christmas in my house alone had me feeling utterly miserable.
I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends. As soon as I told people everyone rallied around and within a few minutes I had multiple offers from people who said they weren't doing much for Christmas and would be happy to hang out online with me and chat or watch shows. My sister messaged me to say I could form a Christmas bubble with her and her partner and stay with them if I wanted (which I would but I don't think it's a good idea. She's also in Tier 3 and my work means I can't isolate before/after visiting people which is the same reason I can't visit my parents).
But today things looked a little more promising. The host messaged me again to say she think they will be dropping down to Tier 2 in a couple of weeks as their number of cases is falling. She also didn't know that the rules were changing over the festive period so she said she would look into that too.
Now that I've slept on it, it is what it is. If I can't go away for the holidays I'll just have to make the best of it. I have 5 days off work regardless and if it comes to it I might just drive out somewhere for the day just so I'm out of the house. We'll see what happens.
And, on the plus side, I channeled my sad feelings into something positive and wrote 500 words of my next
hc_bingo fic. I actually felt better afterwards.So, you know, taking one day at a time.