When T2 told me last session that he'd be out this past week, I asked him about Thanksgiving week, hoping to not miss 2 weeks this month. I was relieved when he said he'd be here through Wed. (my regular day). MC will technically be here, but my daughter has half-days Mon. and Tues., then is off the rest of the week (plus we have a doctor's appointment for my daughter that Monday afternoon). Which makes it more difficult for both H and I to go. So we're just seeing him the Thursday before Thanksgiving, then presumably our usual time at the Monday after, which is OK with me.

T1 used to always be out the week of Thanksgiving and between Christmas and New Year's (depending on when they fell, she'd sometimes be out 2 weeks then, since she only works Mon.-Wed.). It was often difficult for me, because the holidays are stressful times, seeing my family and/or H's family (both at Christmas). MC is generally around at some point during Christmas week, since he's Jewish. So I usually have been able to see at least one of them during that time. No clue what T2 will do about Christmas, since he has a fairly young son, who'd be off school (no idea if he celebrates).

I will say this past week was difficult because T2 was out all week, and MC was away until Thursday (we saw him yesterday). And I'd had kind of a rough weekend, so it was tough knowing I couldn't even really get in touch with them (tried with MC!), let alone not see them. So I completely understand about the holidays being difficult with vacation.