Thank you guys. I've been distracting myself by binge watching The Wilds, which wasn't the best choice.... but I've finished the series so tomorrow I'll find something better. Although I also really don't want to watch any sappy movies where everything is perfect in the end.

Seems like a lot of my neighbours have travelled to family for Christmas after all, there's quite a few flats opposite mine where I haven't see any light on in a couple of days. And a few others who seem to be having a gathering that I really want to shout at to shut up

I know no matter how crappy I feel now, I would feel way worse if one of my parents caught covid from me. But it all seems so bleak and pointless when everyone else is just completely ignoring all the advice.

Fun fact: those flats are all bigger than the ones in my building and no one lives alone there. So it wasn't like they didn't have any company.