#holiday problems

Where is that video of Benedict Cumberbatch teaching you how to react to christmas gifts you don't like?

So I managed to get my boss to give me a paper check this past Friday instead of it going into my bank account that's now at more than -$500 because I have bills I need to pay. The problem is I can't cash the check anywhere until at least Wednesday (which is when I managed to snag an appointment at a local bank to open an account). The problem is I have approximately $7 to my name that I can spend until Wednesday and I really need gas in my car so I can go to work today, Tuesday and Wednesday. If anyone can just shoot me like $50-$60 that would get me through until I can get this check cashed and in a bank account.

I’m not close to my family. I talk to them on the phone maybe a couple times a year... if that. We text occasionally, but that’s minimal as well. Because of this and my weird brain, I feel weird telling them that I love them. Honestly the ‘L’ word is pretty taboo for me. I rarely say it as a declaration to anyone. So phone conversations usually end with them saying, “I love you.” and I’m just like, “Ok, bye.” Awkward as fuck. But I just don’t feel comfortable saying it. They’re my family, they’re not bad people, and they never really did me wrong (I mean, my parents kind of hated each other most of my childhood, but stayed together “for me”... idiots... even though I knew they should have gotten divorced and they kind of complained about each other to me... not the best)... so I guess I love them in my own way. I just don’t feel comfortable saying it at this point in my life. I don’t know if I ever will. I’ve made no effort to become closer to my family (I even moved farther away distance-wise this year) and, honestly, neither have they. It seems we’re all comfortable with the emotional and physical distance getting farther and farther apart as the years go on. 

Hey uuhhhh just gonna say if you're going to hand me 20 gift cards to load with a line of 6-8 people behind you. You. Literally. Can't. Get. Frustrated.