Christmas Time

Honestly this holiday season has been a bit lonely and sad for me. The Christmas season is usually a time to gather with friends and family for various social gatherings (book group, cookies exchanges), a time to go to different Christmas activities (Wolf Trap holiday sing-a-long, the holiday market in downtown Washington D.C., or watch A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theater), and a time to sing Christmas carols at home and at church etc. It's been weird and lonely not being able to do most of these things.

Although I haven't been able to do most of my normal stuff for Christmas, I have been able to do some things this December. 

Earlier this month, I walked around Burke Lake. (Not that walking around the lake was Christmasy but it's still an activity I did this month). 

My roommates and I made gingerbread houses. This was my first time ever making a gingerbread house so don't judge me too harshly. ;)

It snowed! Yay! Since I had nowhere to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. (It snowed one day and the snow was pretty much melted a couple of days later, but I still enjoyed it!)

My roommates and I decided to visit the drive-thru temple lights. It took us about a half an hour to get through because of the line of cars, but it was fun. The lights were pretty!

I visited Colvin Run Mill. Once again not a Christmasy thing to do but I had never been there before and it wasn't too far from my house. After I visited Colvin Run Mill, I parked at Meadowlark Gardens and walked part of the perimeter trail around the gardens.

I went to the dentist for a root canal the day before Christmas Eve. (I was so nervous about the root canal that I was crying at the beginning of the appointment and the dentist and her assistant had to speak words of comfort to me.) (This is what my face looks like when half of my mouth is numb.)

I've been reading a lot, watching movies, calling family and friends to chat on the phone, working, going on walks, writing in my journal, singing a long to Christmas carols at home, preparing for my sacrament meeting talk (that has now been postponed twice for various reasons) etc.

Funny Shows

So this pandemic has been tough in more ways than one (the understatement of the decade). I've cried more since the pandemic started than I have in the last 5 years combined. It's been a rough adjustment to what life is now, but I'm getting used to it. I miss many aspects of what life was like before the pandemic, like going to the theater, going to the library, being able to visit people in their homes, not having to wear a mask whenever I leave my house etc. etc.

But there have been positive things about this pandemic too; I've been spending more time outdoors; I talk to my family on a more regular basis; I see some of my friends more often (outside and socially distant); I've been reading a lot etc. 

As I've been learning to adjust to what life is now, I've needed some laughter in my life (I mean I've always needed laughter but especially now). Sometimes the laughter comes when talking to certain family members or friends. Sometimes it comes looking at funny memes about Covid life. Sometimes it comes while reading certain books. Sometimes it comes with funny music videos. Sometimes it comes when watching certain TV shows or movies.

I know the things I find funny, other people may not. But here is a list of shows that I think are funny and have helped me through this pandemic.

The Goldbergs (Hulu, currently watching)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Hulu, currently watching)

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)

Perfect Harmony (NBC)

Miranda (Hulu)

Never Have I Ever (Netflix) 

The Good Place (Netflix)

The Masked Singer (Hulu)

What funny shows are you watching?