im reallllllllly trying not to be a humbug...

but this first christmas is not going like i planned...

so in the past two weeks i have fallen and twisted my knee..had a horrble allergic reaction to which i still have a rash on me...lost my husband on our first xmas cause of the snow...have my proofs waiting to be picked up but cant go ause dh is
working...had to cancel the appt for dh to get his tux fitting for twoty and the topper...last night i was taking out the garbage..the wind blew the screen door..it hit me in the face and now i have a swollen chhek and a black eye

someone please send me some christmas cheer cause im bummed...


sorry to be a debbi downer..i hate being one im just soooo frustrated right now

Well if your debbie call me donna downer. I feel crappy this year too. This is our first year out of NY, DH had off Christmas at first now they told him he might have to work. It just stinks b/c we planned to head to NY on Christmas eve at 3pm when he got out of work so we could make it to my aunts for some of Christmas eve. Then spend the weekend in NY for Christmas with everyone. Well now DH has to wait until 7pm on Christmas eve to find out if he is working Christmas or not. BIL & FSIL are flying to NY from here Thursday night, so if DH has to work I will be all alone on Christmas. It stinks!!! Even if they tell him he doesn't have to work then he wants to head up to NY at 7pm on Christmas eve. It will be such a long car ride for sure. I am 4 1/2 months preggo so I have to stop to pee at least once depending on traffic. And we have our lab so when I stop he needs to be walked. We haven't finished our shopping yet, my car is snowed in on the street, and I can't move it b/c I will never find another spot. DH had to be at work at 5 today so he got up at 2:45am. Sorry to be a whiner too, but I just need to vent also.

Hugs for you G!!!!!!!!!!!

for both of you ladies. I am sorry this Christmas is such a downer for both of you. I hope things look up soon.

Aw girls .... so sorry to hear your Christmases are not going as planned!

Just try to be happy and grateful that you have your DHs and health and stuff like that ... I know I always take that for granted and tend to gloss over it ...

Vent away!!!

Gina if I weren't pregnant I would totally get my drink on.
Thanks for the vent area ladies. You are right though I have a lot to be thankful for this year regardless.

trust me i hate being a downer..and i have soooo much to be thankful for

but just for today im going to be a grump...tommorrow i promise i will be smiling

Christmas cheers for you!!!

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Posted by gina409

trust me i hate being a downer..and i have soooo much to be thankful for

but just for today im going to be a grump...tommorrow i promise i will be smiling

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I like this today is grumpy day!

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Posted by gina409

trust me i hate being a downer..and i have soooo much to be thankful for

but just for today im going to be a grump...tommorrow i promise i will be smiling

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Everyone is entitled! Some more than others! I think you are entitled more because you are always so cheerful.

Hang in there Gina!

You're allowed to be grumpy!

If it makes you feel any better:

1. We don't have a tree or any Christmas decorations out because we just moved and who has the time to go out and get a tree, find the decorations, clear a spot in the house for it and all that crap.

2. I haven't wrapped a single present

3. I'm still living out of boxes and boxes and boxes

4. The day after Christmas I have to go to my apt and clean so I will get my security deposit back.

5. I didn't even do Christmas cards and I wanted to do our first married cards so badly.

6. The worst: DH will probably be working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

aw hugs/drinks/chocolate/sex videos to everyone who's grumpy - take your pick for your pick me up!

I think x-mas is always hard bc we have all these expectations it's gonna rock and then reality gets in the way - sometimes i just want to be a kid again and get the magic of waking up early xmas morning and knowing SANTA came!!!!!

and there was no stress about getting the 'perfect' gift for everyone because you just made things and people loved them!!!!

I can add to this & commiserate in the same boat as you G:

* havent done ANY Christmas shopping yet for family

* on a strict strict budget for Christmas, so I am trying to be thrifty & use some of my gift cards I still have left from bridal shower for gifts for DH

*I am up to my eyeballs in owing people $$

*DH's CC# got stolen from a music place & we had to cancel it & are now waiting for a new card b/c some A$$HOLE decided to run up a few hundred bucks w/ our card (& it's the only one we have...so we dont overspend) & bank is taking it's sweet A$$ time getting us our new one.

*DH's father has prostate cancer - he's had it for 10 years now- he went on lupron injections & it seemd to help him go into remission for a while then it came back - then they uysed the radiation seeds - helped for a while, now we found our after the wedding this year that DH's father's PSA count is the highest it's ever been. They put him back on the lupron, & just drew blood on the 18th - we wont know if the lupron helped or not until the 28th - if not, chemo is the next step. DH's mom has been suffering w/ these cluster headahces for about 3 years now - she was generally getting them only in the summertime when it was real hot out. This year for our wedding we were a little worried that she may have an attack w/the heat - but she had gone almost the whole summer w/out an attack at all - now since about Nov she is getting them every day, 2-3 attacks a day & has to be put on oxygen when she has the attacks. Plus we found out last year one of her kideny's has gone into failure & has only one good kidney left that's functioning. DH's parents live in Fla & we've been begging them to come up for Christmas (we were even willing to split the price of the flight w/them - but they are SO DARN STUBBORN that they wont come up b/c it 'costs too much' yet they/his mom cries all the time how she misses us. DH already used his vacation time for our HM & his parents do not understand that we cannot fly down there for the holidays b/c he has to work Christmas Eve night into Christmas Day morning...ARGGGGGGHHHH (I feel like we're the only people who want to have his family over & yet they can't make the concessions to come to us, even though they're the ones who are retired & have all the free time in the world)

Considering what happened between my family & DH on Thanksgiving - this is going to be a very tense Christmas. I had alwasy imagined/pictured things so differently...It's just so frustrating when you have a vision of what things should be/ or how they should be & it's something so totally different,...and unpleasant.

HUGS to you my dear!!!!

ETA: Oh yeah & still looking for a job - & just recently got screwed out of the opportunity of getting one

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Posted by cristinarn

I am going to pick up my proofs from duet on thursday, do you want me to pick yours up for you. I live in bayside. Sorry so much has happened to you.

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that is so incredibly sweet of you!!!!!!! i really appreciate it but im just going to tough it out and wait..we have to go out to li anyway so he can get fitted for his tux so we will just get them then..if i waited this long i can wait 1 more week

thank you so much for that offer...that was really nice of you

I hope you feel better!