Promising to post only the good stuff that’s going on in my life.  I need a little vacation from the bad stuff and will take it whenever I can get it.

The ex and I had a discussion last week and he insisted that he get the boys for Thanksgiving.  I’m okay with that because I get them the day after and that’s when we do dinner.  I had gone to the store and got everything to cook for Friday on Wednesday.  Then Sam tells me he is working in his dad’s office on Friday.  I stupidly ask what time will he be home so I know what time to have Thanksgiving dinner ready and he tells me that he told dad that he and Matt were spending Thanksgiving with me this year.

#1-is this going to totally piss off the ex?

#2-I gotta start working my butt off to pull this dinner off on Thursday.  How fast can you defrost a turkey?  I thought I had a couple of days for prep!

Thank goodness the SyFy channel came through for me with a 2 day marathon of James Bond movies!  It definitely helped as I was running around trying to get everything ready and dinner yesterday afternoon was a success.  Matt brought his dog over that I dearly love.  I swear, this dog is a cat in a dog suit.  I laughed so much!  The other neat thing though was that I sort of got to see what kind of dad Matt will be.  He is a good puppy daddy and won’t let Buk get away with stuff he shouldn’t.  He even watches the “Dog Whisper” show to see how he should deal with Buk.  

I had all 3 cats in my bedroom with the door closed before Matt and Buk got here.  Neko (my cat) kept yelling for me.  She has a nasty habit of actually going after Buk-she weighs 10 pounds and he weighs 16.  Okay, maybe I let the girl watch too much “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, but she will go after Buk who has to hide behind Matt because he is scared.

After 5 hours Matt looked at me and said, “release the Kracken so she will stop screaming for you”. (Pirates of the Carribean movie reference)  So I opened the bedroom door.  Neko never came out, but Leon did and went after Buk.  For some reason, this adorable little dog really pisses off cats.  

We got Leon back in the bedroom with the Kracken and Timber and closed the door again.  Just another night in my house.

Sam and I took Leon to the vet on Tuesday because he has been coughing.  Got the call from the vet today about the test results-he has asthma.  I ordered his liquid medication because we can’t get pills down him.  Fortunately I had money in savings to cover the $500 bill.

Matt gets so busy, plus we aren’t getting along real well right now.  But we had a good day yesterday.  I was exhausted and went to bed around 9pm.  Matt disappeared into Sam’s room to play video games.  I was happy they were spending time together.  Sam goes over to Matt’s house alot, but the roommates and friends are there.  I enjoy it when my kids spend time together when no one else is around.  Being an only child, I don’t always understand the sibling bond,  but I think when its just the 2 of them its a good thing.

Not saying a word about the weather because I would sound like the spoiled rotten So Cal brat that I am.

Bond, James Bond, is calling me.  Back to the TV.

And, of course, the 3 of us argued yesterday over who is the best James Bond.  Its a family tradition!

I’ve been trying to post positive things.  But the next 48 hours are going to suck.

My friend with dementia’s son in law is flying in tonight.  I pick him up at the airport at 7:30pm and take him to her house.  She was on the phone with her daughter yesterday insisting that her 37 year old “boyfriend” pick him up or he takes a cab-doesn’t want me anywhere near her house.  She has decided that I’m a trouble maker and the cause of all her problems.  I haven’t seen her in 2 weeks and have no idea what kind of physical shape she is in.  And then she decided she only wants the son in law to stay two days and then she is kicking him out. The “boyfriend” is going to be there the entire time.  She doesn’t feel comfortable unless he is there at all times.  The thought that she is paying him $100 a day just makes me sick.  He isn’t doing anything but playing fantasy football and pouring her wine-at 10am.

Her daughter and I didn’t sleep at all last night.  I’m honestly scared to take her husband there.  When her daughter called, my friend kept firing off questions that she was obviously reading off a piece of paper.

What time does his flight come in?  What is the flight number?  It went on and on.  This is from a woman who doesn’t even know what day it is???  I am going to do everything I can to help her daughter nail this guy for elder abuse because that is what is happening.

Okay-I need a light moment.

Sam and I went to see “Unstoppable” with Denzel on Friday.  Amazing!  Afterward, Sam said they should have dropped Denzel in by helicopter and he could have fixed the cruise ship off our coast.  We want him to be president!

Sam has been out all night.  I’m pretty sure he is spending the night at Matt’s.  Sam is really good about if he has been drinking, he won’t drive.  But I’m still freaking out about both by boys being able to drink legally.  I still want them at home in footie jammies and me reading them stories before they go to bed.  Why do they have to grow up and get tattoos and body piercings?

Sam has been on a kick for the last 4 days about seeing how many ways he can irritate me.  I think he knows I need the mental distraction right now and its all in good fun.

We went yesterday to get a new fake Christmas tree.  I had one for the last 5 years that already had the lights in it and it died last year.  Target had a really cool palm tree with lights in it that I loved-Sam vetoed that one.  We ended up finally agreeing on one.  Its smaller than he wanted, but I told him he won’t be living with me forever (hopefully), and I needed one that I knew I could set up myself.  The question will be to see what Leon (the 18 pound Maine Coon cat) will do with it.  He has been known to climb to the top of the tree and knock it over.  That is why I only use unbreakable ornaments on the tree now.

Yup-”Its the most wonderful time of the year”.  

Can we just fast forward to January and birthday month?  I’m definitely ready.

Today is one of those days where I wonder if I will ever laugh again.  And I’m known for laughing-even at inappropriate times.  Its just who I am.

I don’t know what the fallout from yesterday will be.  Sam and I are fighting because I went to see my friend yesterday.  I wish I could stay in bed all day and stare out the window.  I’ve already had to deal with 2 other very unpleasant situations today which involve me making other people happy and meeting their demands.  And one of those situations require that I’m out of my house all day today.

Okay-I’m going to say it.

Right now I just can’t fucking win.

Plus, its going to be around 90 degrees here.  That I can live with.  But the humidity will be down in the teens.  That’s what makes me physically ill.

I think I’m going to take a book, go get something to eat, and the disappear into one of my favorite places in the world besides Disneyland-a movie.

Atleast there will be air conditioning there.