Sunday

My mom says she's feeling better today.
She still feels weak and tired, but says she feels better.
She absolutly refuses to let me and my sisters cook the Christmas dinner. We tried with every ounce of our being to talk her in to it, but she refuses. Made me feel a little sad cause I know she's not really up to it. My oldest sister and her daughter-in-law are going to moms Tuesday. They think they're going to help mom clean house and wrap gifts. But all of that has been done. So mom says she will let them help her do peeling, cutting, mixing and such so that mom will only have to pop things in the oven on Christmas day. That made me feel better.

My dad called me tonight to ask me if I knew whether or not my sister was doing drugs again. She has roughly 24 years sobriety. But in recent weeks I've wondered the same thing as my dad. I've also thought that maybe something else might be going on with her. None of those things good.
I promised dad I'd talk to her..............and I will.

My middle son is officially a college junior. I'm proud of him for sticking with it.

My oldest son stopped by this evening after he and my middle son did their Christmas shopping. They spent the morning and early afternoon hunting and then went straight to the mall to shop.
I've had a difficult time adjusting to oldest son being out on his own. Or maybe it's just that I miss not seeing him everyday. I'm a dork I guess. But I do miss him some of the time. It always makes me happy to see him.