HAPPY COVID-19 HOLIDAYS thread

I usually make two trips home to see family and friends each year. I’ll be 0-for-2 in 2020. Won’t see many people I love for a long time. No different than millions of others, but still sucks.

I hope to make a trip home for an annual charity event next summer. That’ll be 18 months without a visit.

I really hope these vaccines get us out of this.

 

This is going to be my first Thanksgiving in my own apartment, and not away with family, since I was born. Maybe I'll drive the hour or so to yell at my mom from the end of her driveway. Or I could cover Thanksgiving football, since a surprising number of local high school teams are trying to extend their seasons as long as possible.

I haven't even seriously thought about trying to host a birthday dinner. I might have to settle for taking a vacation day.

 

I will say this about being away from family during the holidays - the first time I did it, it was different. Kinda nice to spend Thanksgiving in my gym shorts and a t-shirt and not get dressed up, watch a ton of football and then call the folks and hear all the chaos in the background. I don't know the last time I experienced a Thanksgiving with all of my family together, including aunts and uncles. I'd love for it to happen again.