I feel ya my friend. We've hosted a Mardi Gras house party every year since we moved to England in 2018 (barring pandemic times). It's always a highlight for me. People come in hand-made costumes and we parade around the neighborhood. I make hurricanes and cook huge pots of gumbo and veggie red beans. My daughter and I craft a paper mache pinata that inevitably leaves her in tears when it's smashed and imported American candy litters our patio.
But I just CAN NOT get into the spirit this year and decided that we'll give it a miss. Hoping I don't regret it when Mardi Gras day feels lackluster. But I can't force myself into celebrating when things feel so bleak.
Your MG celebrations have always sounded so special, and I can completely relate to not having it in you this year. I can imagine it’d be difficult to be summon the energy to be the engine behind the whole affair in the context of the horrors going on.
Thanks for calling your congress people and here’s hoping next Carnival offers more cause for celebration.
I feel ya my friend. We've hosted a Mardi Gras house party every year since we moved to England in 2018 (barring pandemic times). It's always a highlight for me. People come in hand-made costumes and we parade around the neighborhood. I make hurricanes and cook huge pots of gumbo and veggie red beans. My daughter and I craft a paper mache pinata that inevitably leaves her in tears when it's smashed and imported American candy litters our patio.
But I just CAN NOT get into the spirit this year and decided that we'll give it a miss. Hoping I don't regret it when Mardi Gras day feels lackluster. But I can't force myself into celebrating when things feel so bleak.
* Calling Congress-people now. Thanks!
Your MG celebrations have always sounded so special, and I can completely relate to not having it in you this year. I can imagine it’d be difficult to be summon the energy to be the engine behind the whole affair in the context of the horrors going on.
Thanks for calling your congress people and here’s hoping next Carnival offers more cause for celebration.