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depressed because I have to work Xmas Eve....
I just found out that I have to work on Christmas Eve AND on Boxing Day. I work at a large department store. Now I'm really depressed. This is the first year that that's ever happened to me. I usually go spend a week at my grandmas who lives in another city, but this year all I can do is spend one night at my moms, who lives in town. Also, I usually go shopping on boxing day now I can't do that either.
How can I get over this depressed feeling?
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hey, it could be worse, you could be on staff duty from 0900 on xmas eve to 0900 christmas day. you in britain? try shopping after boxing day, less crowds. any plans for new years? you could visit grandma's house then.
me, I get the crap detail.
good luck with your end.
-gunner
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I'm sorry your usual holiday with your grandmother has been totally disrupted. Is the city in which your grandma lives a long distance from your home? I understand that your preference would be to spend the whole holiday with her, but are you able to spend a least a few days with her before Christmas Eve? Or, does your work prevent that from happening too? If it doesn't, I would suggest trying to do that so that you can at least spend part of the holiday with Grandma and have an early celebration, though, I know, it won't be the same. However, if you try, you can probably make it almost as fun.
Without knowing exactly what hours you have to work on these two days (or in what setting, i.e., a restaurant, retail store, or something else), it's difficult to make suggestions for those two days. Are you planning on spending the night with your mom on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day night? Could you do both? Will your hours at your job prevent you from doing any shopping on Boxing Day? Again, without knowing the hours you'll be working I don't know what to suggest. I also realize that the main problem here is that because you have to work both days, that makes it impossible to be at your grandma's for the usual week-long vacation.
I had many years when I worked on Christmas Eve and most all the other holidays. I know it can be the pits. However, what my co-workers and I did was try our best to make the most of it and we had our own celebrations at work. (I'm aware that would exclude the shopping you'd like to do.) Since Boxing Day is actually a day to give to the less fortunate, could you and your co-workers set something up that has to do with that rather than shopping? Of course, I know that's not at all the same thing, but it's an idea worth considering so that you have something special and rewarding to do that day.
I don't think anyone can actually make you feel better about this turn of events except you. I understand completely how you feel, but I do think if you think hard enough about it, you could perhaps try to change some of your traditions this year while including some of your old traditions, just in a different way and within a different time frame. Try not to feel too terribly depressed. There are so many people who have to work on the holidays which are so important to them for one reason or another. And sure, I know that realizing others are doing it won't just snap that depression right out of your system, but hopefully it won't make you feel so alone.
I'm sorry you're feeling so down. I hope that you can think of some things to do to lift your spirits. Good luck with whatever you decide you can do.
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The real question here is timing:
Try setting a date to go and see your mom for a limited time. Then the same for your grandmother. Then for boxing day go shopping with the spare timing that you have left. And I beleive you said you have to work which one is more important spending time with family or spending time at work bored to death think about it.
Feel free to ask me more questions if you need them either here or josephballard4@hotmail.com okay.
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