If I were still living in Denmark, tomorrow would be what we used to call "Little Christmas Eve." It would also mark the start of a long week of pretty much non-stop eating. At least in our family.
Our middle son arrived from Seattle yesterday and is here for the holidays and on his "winter break" from his job with the city Parks & Rec... they still lay a bunch of their staff off from mid-December till March... so he has to collect unemployment every winter.
Sounds a bit weird, to me... but I guess it's a cost saving thing that keeps them from having to give the benefits that go with being a full-time worker. And this is a city government department, no less.
Meanwhile, our daughter and son-in-law are arriving tomorrow for a couple of days. It's actually the first time in quite a few years we have been together for Christmas.
It makes me pause to ponder just how disruptive Covid was for so many people. It also makes me recognize how comfortable we became with just staying at home. I'm sure it was a lot harder for all the social butterflies of the world!
What seems like relatively minor things can end the established ways of doing things and we have to adapt. And then we adapt "back" to how things were before, as best we can.
Tomorrow, I will head in to town to do the "big" Christmas grocery shopping although it will have to be a little more modest than it once was... inflation dictates that it must be so, whether we like it or not. Just another sign of the times.
Without a doubt, these are interesting times in which we live! Time to be grateful for what we do have, rather than lament what we don't!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!
Comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation! I do my best to answer comments, even if it sometimes takes a few days!
Greetings bloggers and social content creators! This article was created via PeakD, a blogging application that's part of the Hive Social Content Experience. If you're a blogger, writer, poet, artist, vlogger, musician or other creative content wizard, come join us! Hive is a little "different" because it's not run by a "company;" it operates via the consensus of its users and your content can't be banned, censored, taken down or demonetized. And that COUNTS for something, in these uncertain times! So if you're ready for the next generation of social content where YOU retain ownership and control, come by and learn about Hive and make an account!
Proud member of the Silver Bloggers Community on Hive!
(As usual, all text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is original content, created expressly and uniquely for this platform — NOT posted anywhere else!)
Created at 2023-12-23 01:26 PST
1023/2278