Time for Jay's Annoyance of the Day.
So my 30th birthday is next month. I've spent the last year with almost zero contact with people. For my birthday, my girlfriend is going to rent 2 or 3 cabins from getaway house in Big Bear (company that rents out like little single room cabins... They have sites all over the country.) For us, my best friends (husband and wife), and my other super close friend. By that time we'll all be fully vaccinated (minus wife friend... Which isn't as much as an issue as one would think... You'll learn why in a second). All they'd need to do is show up and bring food. Hell, we are even paying the extra $40 so they can bring their dog.
When we decided we were going to do this... I immediately let my friends know my single friend basically told us to say when and he'll be there. My married friend, however, not so much. We figured they'd be game... Since they've literally gone out of state every other month since the pandemic began. They have people over at their place. They don't take it seriously. Even though we basically said we're pretty much wide open... Tell us when you're free... We're getting pushback. First it was "oh we are flying out to see (wife's mother and brother) in Montana (whom they saw a few months ago). Then it was "oh we dont know if (he) can get the day off". That's why we are planning around them. She has a flexible schedule, and I know he can get 2 consecutive days off with this much heads up (since the schedule for april hasn't been made, and even if we have to do it in May... That schedule hasn't been even thought about yet. I worked there for a short period... I know how their schedules work).
It's pretty frustrating to see them flying / driving across the country all the time. To see people over visiting them (they live in a different unit on the same property). To see them have BBQs and shit. Hell, they spent a week in Colorado last month... But I can't get a commitment for 2 nights 2 hours away a month and a half to 2 months in advance with people who are vaccinated and actually are more careful about Covid than your average folk.
We're probably just going to book all 3 cabins, give them the dates that we selected... And just cancel theirs (we have to cancel before the 72 hr mark) if they can't commit.
In the end I'm going to enjoy this nomatter what... Just a bummer if 2/3 of my closest friends decide they can't make it