Dear @danmarkguy... those "good old days" where everything went slooooow. It took me ages to load steemit.com till the apps arrived and then disappeared. Patience is what I kind of learned, and doing other things in between.
For sure, Steemit became faster just not in December but if you use a different site, you can get in, post, comment and reply (just a pity most Steemians can't, and IP addresses are blocked because of the many bots enjoying themselves with the servers).
In a way, it will all be resolved or simply proceed as it should. The fact is no matter the issues I stayed, and so did you. I assume Steemit is worth the time or annoyance and the "addiction" to be here still wins.

I wish you what you need most, today and in the future.