I was away for the Christmas weekend. We went to my in-laws in the end (they live in a different province and we hadn't visited since September). Overall, it was simple, but heartwarming. Seeing everyone again was great. On Christmas we had a nice meal, lots of talking and in the evening we watched a movie (Spirited away). Also some videocalling with my parents. Today was mostly a lazy easy day. At noon we played Monopoly with everyone and before we returned home we went to greet some friends that we hadn't seen in months. Those people skills slowly came back to me. Seriously though, just meeting with some people again made all more plain the toll that this whole mess is taking on my sanity.

And I feel you Kanu, I miss my family a lot too. It's nice that you got to see your grandparents though. I imagine it must be very hard for them too.