M, divorce sucks. I’m sorry. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
You mean I get a T-shirt when I'm done?! I won't be able to wear it until June, but hey!
I don’t have places to store everything. Maybe I’ll just leave it all sitting on the counter? That ought to work well.
I take it that you have no pets? Jackson would eat it all, even if it wasn't remotely something that cats would typically eat. Or he'd push it onto the floor for Abbie once he figured out he didn't like it.
Southie, I find it distressing at best when the retailers don't wait for Thanksgiving before setting up for Christmas, with a little Chanukah thrown in as a sop.
One year, the grocery stores decided that Jews eat matzoh for every holiday, and put it out early for Chanukah. The other part of the joke is that Chanukah was later by a month that year.
At any rate, I feel like the earlier the material part of Christmas happens, the worse retailers have been doing the rest of the year. It seems ridiculous for an entire industry to operate in the red for 11/12ths of the year. If they stopped marking up stuff by such a steep percentage, maybe people would be able to buy more stuff throughout the year. Or, hey, pay the majority of people a living wage. Now there's an idea.
I'm going to scour the apartment for nicer stuff to donate to the local food pantry's thrift store. It's the only way I can help others right now, and I'm gonna do it.
Bryan, welcome back to your home. Enjoy and savor it all.