Holiday Season

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I got all my shopping done online this year as well. Shopping in person sucks.

One needs to be really careful about office Christmas parties. Now that the depression is behind us for now, the amount of companies throwing them is increasing and they are getting more extravengent. Not 1980's-90's "Werewolf of Wall Street" extravagant but not the modesty many are used to or have gotten used to.

If you get to drunk whatever mask you have worked so hard for will come right off. Some companies do throw these parties to see how employees will act when their guard is down. If you do not attend or attend and sit in a corner you will be judged as not a team player and standoffish.

This year presents a big opportunity for things to be said about politics that people when sobered up will regret. As some people have used Trump's election to commit hate crimes, some people and that includes bosses will feel free to bring back the "grab em by the p****" attitudes of yesteryear. But most companies I believe be it because they generally do not like it or do not want to be sued will still look harshly at sexual harassment and assault.

Office Christmas parties are tough for anybody to deal with, autistics more so. I hope all of you who have to attend them come out unscathed.

It's not even "Christmas shopping" that's the nightmare -- I'm just trying to buy my regular food, milk, toilet paper, etc and the regular store is a nightmare.

I'm not going to shop online just for my weekly groceries -- I buy so little that they charge delivery fees for what I typically spend. Buy two weeks' stuff then? Don't have the storage space. Things go bad while I'm still not yet eating them. Don't have the freezer space to cook, freeze and store. List goes on.

This time of year is nothing but a rampaging zoo even when you're minding your own business trying to buy some damn toilet paper and bread.

I lack the insight to know what people want for gifts. I think it's more logical if I don't give people gifts & they don't give me any so we can spend our money buying the things that we want for ourselves.

I find a greater degree of un-unhappiness in the fall, and something approaching happiness in the holiday season, when life isn't picking on me. this season, however, has been beset with various nasty things that are seriously interfering with my happiness, and for ruining my holiday season I am basically PO'ed at these nasties and would edit them out of existence with malice aforethought all if only I was able to.

My approach to Christmas is to go solo camping in the most remote place I know. I am leaving several days before Christmas and returning several days after just to be sure I miss what I find to be a very stressful period of time.