Most Wonderful Time Of Year- My Ass

[Guest guest]

I think too many of us can relate with each other that getting into

the holiday spirit is no easy task to do.

Many of us are trying their best to make their own holiday traditions

and find something meaningful during the holiday season to replace

the unrealistic Norman Rockwell commercial holiday fallicies, but

that advice is easier said than done.

There's always PCAs letting us down at the last momment. Or worse

bringing their own problems to work. Maybe even showing up drunk

from their own party curcuit.

For many of us our care routines go by the wayside during holidays so

many of us feel less than festive while we wait days for a shower,

hair wash, guys get three day beards {that went out of fashion with

Don around 1991}. You don't want to be photographed for the

family albums while you don't look and feel your best. You don't want

to eat a big holiday meal if you're haven't been able to do bowel

care routines, you don't want to drink much if you're not going to be

somewhere with help or access to pee.

Then there's other hassles like family who bitch about you bringing a

service dog with you. Don't understand why you don't want to risk

getting hurt while being hauled up a flight of stairs because aunt

effie insisted on her house for the family gathering. Family members

set reservations at a location then fail to let you know it's not

wheelchair accessible. Serving only foods you can't eat. Imposing

on us with their smoking habits or overbearing bratty toddlers who

hijack our wheelchairs and maul us into injuries and broken medical

equipment. Or all the family coming to your place and trashing your

home, consuming everything your monthly food budget or vouchers

allowed for, then run off and leave you with all of the mess to

clean up.

Outside of the family mine field there's germ warfare to deal with as

well. Participating in holiday death marches to shop, visit,

observe, and worship, by a set deadline, often fatigue us and put us

into crowded situations where we're exposed to flu viruses that can

hospitalize us or endanger our lives. Holiday devotees just have to

give you a hug while they're having 'just a little cold' that's in

it's highest contagious phase.

Hmmmm when will the Lifetime and Hallmark channels have

any 'heartwarming' specials that reflect our holiday momments?

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