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The holidays are a hard season, for many reasons. Stress is high, shoppers panic trying to find those last-minute gifts, and retailers want to shoot said shoppers and put them out of their misery.

But it's hardest when you're miles from family, and the closest person to you is anti-family and doesn't see or care what it's all about.

So, of course, in the middle of these depressing times, add female hormones from our monthly event.

Just shoot me now.

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My parents leave tomorrow and I'm not going to have any family within [extremely large distance] (not even the cousin in Montana since she's back in Australia, although I think I have another cousin in Chicago) so I sympathise.

I commented on Twitter that it was the first year in my life that I don't have any plans for Christmas Day, and got a response saying "lucky :)". Not in my opinion!

*zen hugs* Sorry the holiday season is sucking so much for you. ~~You should come to Canada~~.

Yeah, people who think being alone for the holidays is lucky are people who aren't close to family. Ie, my roommate. :/

~~If Canada wasn't so far away, and my passport hadn't expired ten years ago...~~

It looks like you can get US passports renewals rushed through (24 hrs), but it's more expensive. Otherwise it's 4-6 weeks (or 2-3 expedited) :/

We handed in our green slips so I don't want to try entering the US again until next year.

Yeesh, not speedy, are they. I should probably get around to renewing mine one of these days, so I'd have it when I wanted it. *grumble* I miss the days when you didn't need a passport for Canada.

Sign of the times. :/
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html Is what I was looking at, btw. And http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatraveloverview/qt/uscitizenborder.htm

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