When I order something from Amazon and I need it by a certain date, one by which they promise delivery, and it doesn't arrive on time. This happened to me when I ordered merchandise for the Salvation Army Angel Tree campaign we run in our office every Christmas. It was supposed to be here by 12/14. For some reason, they turned the last leg of the delivery over to the US Post Office which picked it up on 12/10 and still has not scheduled it for delivery. The Salvation Army came to pick up all our gifts yesterday at 2 PM. Fortunately, anticipating the goods wouldn't arrive in time, I picked up all but one of the gifts I needed. The last item was nowhere to be found in the one day I had to buy it.
Family members who drink too much, cold dreary days, snow, not being able to go south for the winter, and anticipation of the same. Thinking about all the wasted years of my life, past and present.