well, I'm here...at my brother's house. He is not here, nor is his dog, but he left the door open. I hung up a string of colored lights to surprise him. he and I had a long talk on the phone this morning and vented our various family frustrations; maybe that was good to get some of it out of my system...
Will go to his ex's place tomorrow, to see my niece and nephew, then off to my parents and the OTHER nephew (the brat). Kendall, boy does your story sound familiar!!!!! I hope to just lay low and when it gets bad take my dad's new puppy for a walk...she is named after me (well, after a childhood nickname) and we get along pretty good.
The day after Christmas, I gather with three old friends from high school, (one gay, one couple and their two great kids) and we hit the mall, for a nice surreal experience...D. shops for clothes, we drop off the kids at the play spot, and P. S. amd I smoke some ganga and laugh at the suburnanites...oops, wait, that's us...
Happy Holidays all! I hope to continue to evolve as a human and be able to just appreciate and enjoy every day FULLY for the gift it is (am working on partially now).