For me Alka-Seltzer plus cold medicine completely dries up my runny nose

I mentor lots of folks and the first thing I have them read is the pledge by Michael masters on. From there figure out your life goals. I recommend you write goals daily by hand for one year that are positive, present tense with a specific end date for accomplishment (dec 31 2023 is a good date).

I would write more though gotta sleep.

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I'm on call over Christmas. I just had a callout from 03:00-05:00. I don't think I can ignore it tbh 😆

they don’t exactly check it, and if the service requires signing up with different accounts everyone putting the same address isn’t exactly a big deal

That’s a fair proposition! Take off the other 364 days!

You're supposed to all live in the same household to qualify for a family plan.

In that case, worry non-stop until midnight of Christmas and not worry from then until December 1st!

why? what’s different about them?

It's not like somebody's going to come arrest you or anything, but that's not how family plans work.

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A lot of my worries will be over Christmas night. I’ll be able to take a break from worrying then.

What about when the most stressful day of the year is Christmas?

If you wash them when you're done, you don't have to hide them.

It depends on the people. We’ve done Xmas for maybe a dozen people and yet it is still less stressful than having my emotionally abusive mother in law over alone…

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I'm just reminded of a severe ice storm when I was younger that knocked out out power for a little over a week. Every winter since I have been a little antsy since my dad was under prepared. We stayed warm and managed to eat during the horrific temperatures, but we couldn't flush the toilet. 4 people to one toilet for over a week becomes a mess you really don't want to have to clean. We were just lucky the fireplace wasn't removed when the house was renovated.

We also couldn't access our well under the ice and snow, so a tub of water would have come in handy. My new house is older than my old house and the pipes freeze up pretty frequently. Mostly, the water intake line to my toilet freezes. Total pain in the rumpkus.

Exactly

Anyone who owns a snow blower has like 3 or more shovels

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If you have a well then you have what, 5-10 gallons of water in your well tank? If you lose power you can drain some into a bucket for flushing toilets, use for cooking, etc. If I were to lose power for a long enough time to need more water than that, water would probably not be my biggest concern

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My shining moment was my sister finding me alone on my stairs and drinking from the wine bottle in the middle of hosting Xmas for my parents and family for the first time.

True - but the those worries will result in wonderful memories! Enjoy your Christmas!!

With a few breaks in between, yes you can Rocky! You can do it!