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2011-11-28 06:01:18 (UTC)

end of holiday weekend

Well I made it through Thanksgiving dinner. It wasn't too bad, I think everyone played nice for the most part. The food was delicious as always, the conversations were tolerable. It can get a little sticky when you have two cops and a lawyer in the family. My nephew is a cop in NC and my niece's husband is a cop here, both are county cops. They spent a lot of time trying to out do the other, comparing their jobs with what they can or can't do. OMG!! It was freaking ridiculous. I was so sick of hearing about tasers, pepper spray, traffic stops,court dates, etc. At least there are at least three rooms and the great out of doors we can escape to when the shit starts getting really deep. When my sisters and nieces start the "competition" convo in the kitchen I will wander off to the den. Most of the guys are in there watching football so I will wander off to the living room. There are usually a couple of good convos going on in there and if not, just like them talking cop shop, I will wander out the front door. Works well until you start to freeze your butt off so then it is time to make the rounds all over again. Ahhh, family....gotta love it.

I actually did end up doing a little shopping on the dreaded Black Friday. Didn't buy anything, just went shopping. I met my daughter and picked her up and we went to the mall and then out to eat. We waited until well past noon to give the free for all shoppers the go ahead and then we went. She had to be back by 6 because she was going to her hubby's aunt's house for delayed Thanksgiving dinner. But it was nice, not very crowded and we didn't shop long.

Saturday hubby actually wanted to go shopping for awhile. Maybe it had something to do with me ignoring him Friday night after he got snappy with me. I asked him if he would like to go shopping with me, he needed to get ideas for what to buy. He said he didn't have any money, so no point in going. I told him he didn't have to buy anything, I would like to go together and just shop, enjoy the decorations, the atmosphere,being together, etc etc. Well, you would have thought I was asking him to cut his right arm off. Instead of arguing with him I just simply shrugged my shoulders and said ok, it was fine, I would go alone another day and went back to watching tv. About twenty minutes later he said he would go with me if I really needed to go that bad. I simply said "no, you said you were broke and didn't want to go, so what's the point?" . I went back to my tv show and that was that. Then, Saturday morning, first thing, he said he would like to go shopping, wherever I wanted to go. That was a surprise. So we went, bought a few things, and went out to eat. Wasn't a bad day, I've had worse.

Today wasn't very pleasant. My leg started hurting really bad while we were out last night, really aching. Rain is in the forecast so I'm guessing it is contributing to the pain. I need to take some of my meds I guess, I've just been trying to hold off.

The diet thing? well..... Actually I have done pretty good considering it has been a holiday weekend. I could have done better today, but oh well, I could have done worse and tomorrow is a new day. I had a BLT for breakfast yesterday without the mayo and cheese, but I splurged for dinner and had a cheeseburger and fries . That's all I had yesterday. Not much, but not healthy at all. Oh, and by the way, note to self - do NOT drink more than two Crystal Light Energy servings in one day. I had 6 on Wed, trying to get my daily water intake. Well, let's say I suffered a caffeine high and could not sleep that night, AT ALL. I was so freaking wired all day the next day too. Way too much caffeine in one day. Will do better next time. until later.......




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