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This Christmas Holiday is the most boring ever

134 replies

AbstractDot · 29/12/2020 17:53

Getting me down, ever since Boxing Day we have just been so bored and it's that lethargic type of bored. Tried to go for a bike ride today but began raining so we had to turn back after 5 minutes. No snow in my area which would perk us up!

I love Christmas holidays usually but in Tier 3 we are bored! I know people have it much worse so trying to be grateful! Is anyone else feeling the same?!

We'd usually meet friends, go to play areas, cinema, bowling, trampolines, out for meals etc.

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boon · 29/12/2020 22:37

Yes! I thought it was just me! Its been awful.

Armi · 29/12/2020 22:38

I do not, by nature, have a positive, sunny disposition. However, I have just re-read The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and must confess I feel better about life. At least I get to sit in a warm house, quaff Baileys, eat Quality Street and watch Netflix, whilst having my supermarket shop delivered and anything else I fancy ordering online. I am not twisting hay into sticks in a cold lean-to, grinding seed wheat in a coffee mill to make bread and sitting in the dark because there’s no fuel for the lamps, expecting to starve to death because the supply trains have stopped running until spring.

I had a rare, genuine, ‘Ah, well. Mustn’t grumble’ moment when I closed the book.

DrizzleandDamp · 29/12/2020 22:43

@2020inhouse exactly that! I just need one fucking day ALONE with no one needing me.

I’m dead inside and feel like ripping the walls down in frustration.

Feministicon · 29/12/2020 22:52

My kids are 7, 11 and 13 so it’s not as bad although the thought that they might not get to go back to school for a while makes me worry so much for them especially the eldest. I can’t imagine having toddlers throughout this and I take my bloody hat off to you, the only comfort I can give is that you have patented under such hard circumstances and when it’s over you won’t know yourself with the comparative ease. I know this doesn’t help in the here and now filling those long days 😊

MadisonAvenue · 29/12/2020 22:54

We’ve had a lovely Christmas. Our sons are now adults, still living at home, and would normally be out and about but this year we’ve been able to spend time with them. We’ve walked the dog, done YouTube quizzes, gone for runs, watched films together, laughed a lot.

Our oldest quite possibly may have left home by next Christmas so it’s been a good opportunity to spend time with him.

Rainb0wDrops · 29/12/2020 22:57

Bored, bored, bored! Tier 4 and nothing to do.
Have dutifully taken my toddler out for walks every day and do vary it by driving to different places nearby but I'm so bored of it now.

ThatsNotTheTeaHunty · 29/12/2020 23:03

Tier 4 here also. It started to snow here this morning but it was so bloody wet on the ground it didn't lay one bit. Took DS 17 months for a walk and he decided to run across the swampy field and land face first in mud. He was soaked so straight home for us. Grin it was slightly amusing though.

TokyoSushi · 29/12/2020 23:13

Yep, pretty dull but not unpleasant here, I'm enjoying the opportunity to sort the house out, and the naps!

BogRollBOGOF · 29/12/2020 23:14

It's the same fucking tedious continuation of MarchAprilMayJuneNovemberDecember but with added fairy lights. Slight reprive for July, August, September, October. Sorry Leicester/ Manchester.

It's either too muddy to go for a wade or too congested to walk at a normal pace. Moot point as it's now too icy to go anywhere on refrozen slush.

Joy to the fucking world.

Screentime doesn't seem to have killed the DCs yet (despite Unspeakable on youtube). I am grateful that they are not pre-schoolers, I haven't forgotten some hard winters those years.

scrivette · 29/12/2020 23:33

I am really enjoying it. The DC are Primary/Pre School age but have been playing together nicely a lot of the time.

We have watched more Christmas films than usual but the days seem to fly past. Am not looking forward to going back to having to work in the New Year.

ArosAdraDrosDolig · 29/12/2020 23:35

I think tbh that during the Christmas holidays what we usually do is hang out at home and go for walks, so we’re not bored as it’s just normal.

Destinysdaughter · 29/12/2020 23:38

It was my birthday today. Tbh it's always a crap time of year to have a birthday and I did manage to go to the shops and buy myself a nice pair of earrings but I live on my own and not being able to meet anyone for a drink is a bit rubbish. Just spent the evening watching TV. Like every other day!

Hugs and WineFlowers to everyone struggling right now, the next few months are gonna be hard for us all. But, hopefully, in a few months, things will start to look a bit better!

Nikki360 · 29/12/2020 23:45

@SallyOMalley

I'm in tier 2 (but probably not for long). We were really looking forward to long walks, games and a quiet Christmas.

But then, in the early hours of Boxing Day, DH slipped on the stairs in the dark and broke his leg, needing an op to have plates/screws inserted. First day out of hospital today.

So a double whammy here! And if the schools close .... 😩

Oh I feel for your husband mine did that in April this year playing football with our daughter. Ambulance called and we thought just a cast hopefully but he had to get the operation and a titanium pin and screws in 😐 hope your husband is recovering well.
Inpersuitofhappiness · 29/12/2020 23:53

I think that in this situation we need to make our own fun.
What I've recently started to do is of a late afternoon, I ask what my DD and DH fancy doing the day after.

There are no "big" things to do, so we work these things into our day.

Its usually enough to keep everyone feeling like there's something to look forward to, or that they've enjoyed, or made us smile.

Todays activity i chose was play family games. I got DH Kazoo-oke for Christmas. We had a good 30 mins of giggling. If you've got little ones split into teams. There's a disney version too.
DD chose to go skateboarding, which we had to hold off until this evening because of rain,
And DH chose a family walk for us to start the day.

It breaks up the monotony I guess.

frustrationcentral · 29/12/2020 23:55

Tier 4 here and all self isolating here as DS1 is awaiting test results. Bored out of our brains, my only saving grace is that DH has been on annual leave today so we've been ploughing through Netflix together, rather than me sitting on my own

DrizzleandDamp · 29/12/2020 23:55

Sounds lovely @Inpersuitofhappiness try doing that what 3 DC close in age and no partner. End in tears every time!

MushMonster · 30/12/2020 00:04

I am with you. Really boring.
I had the most horrible headache yesterday due to spending too much time sitting or lying down just watching TV.

marmiteprincess · 30/12/2020 00:07

This is the worst of the entire thing so far for me. I am really missing no meals out or even just coffee and cake in the Christmas holidays.

Chelsea567 · 30/12/2020 00:09

I've written down a list of positive interesting things to do during winter lockdown, but after I wrote it I just sat on the sofa, drank tea and ate cake as per usual HmmConfused

nancybotwinbloom · 30/12/2020 00:10

It is but if my DH farts one more time when he thinks I can't hear him it will be the most exciting/nerve wracking ever.

Fifipop185 · 30/12/2020 00:14

Bored to tears over here. We are Tier 4, DH has covid and we are on day 8 of isolation and I'm climbing the walls. DD and DS seem quite content to be online all day and all I seem to do is stare at the housework and end up doing nothing. I feel so sad for DH who has worked so hard this year and dodged the virus until Xmas day, his favourite day of the year. I usually love these days between Xmas and new year but I just want to go out and do something normal like bowling or swimming. Am luckier than most I know but I'M SO BORED!!!!

wejammin · 30/12/2020 00:18

DH and I have just had this exact conversation - we feel so lethargic and are starting to snipe at each other which is very unlike us.
DC are aged 8, with ASD, 6, and 2. DC1 would quite happily sit and watch TV 24/7 but he also has sensory needs that require daily walks and fresh air, so that's a fun daily battle. DC2 is very sociable so desperately missing seeing friends and family, and does not get on well with DC1. DC3 is a full on toddler and all the joys and challenges that brings. We're in Manchester so it feels like this has been forever.
I was looking forward to being off work for 2 weeks but it's the same old walls, the same clutter and jobs I've still not finished, and for god's sake if I have to cook another meal I will sob.

1stMrsFatherChristmas · 30/12/2020 00:19

@RedskyAtnight

It's not having all the pre-Christmas stuff that makes a difference as well. December is usually so busy we are glad of a rest over Christmas. But this year it's just been the same all month.
Yes. All year!
Notcontent · 30/12/2020 00:20

I don’t usually mind just pottering around the house, but I am getting a bit down about it all, and I know my teen dd is getting a bit depressed just sitting at home. All I can offer her are walks!

GCAcademic · 30/12/2020 00:21

I'm loving it. This is the only time I've had off since last Christmas, and the last few months at work have been hell. So doing nothing is my idea of heaven.