I survived the holiday! Hooray!

Only of course, the only reason why he came with me, necessitating the bringing of the two dogs and diabetic cat on the Road Trip From Hell, was to see his mother in her home and spend some quality time with her. Unfortunately, he never checked in with any other family member but his mom to see if she'd be home. So we called Sunday for directions, only to get the answering machine. Finally, we called his sister. She confirmed that yes, his mom wasn't home- she was (as usual) visiting his brother in Connecticut. When she had told Jazz as recently as Friday that his brother would be in Africa and therefore she had no where to go, and our visit would be wonderful.

On the plus side, now we know where both of our mothers live. And because we didn't leave the house to see his mom, we didn't have to go visit his dad in the cemetary. I'm rather happy about that, but he may feel differently. My folks were very happy to have us. I worked on knitting a Flying Spaghetti Monster when I wasn't keeping Kenya Dog from biting the obligatory small child. I will say this much about Arianna- she doesn't seem to have the developmental troubles of her bothers. Good, because she'll need all the help she can get.

I did offer to Suzi a haven to get the fuck out of my sister's house. But I admit, if Suzi stays with Mikey, it'll preserve her marriage a lot longer. They're already having long term arguments.

Oh, and the best gift I got this year was Hope. Thank you One True Tami and Tata!  ¶ 8:57 AM