I'm feeling much better today, thankyouverymuch.
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In a few minutes, my lasagna will come out of the oven in all of its cheesy glory. I'm looking forward to eating at least half of the pan. It's been a lazy, lazy weekend. I have read more and watched more TV than I should be allowed to. I'm kind of relieved that we have no one coming to our house for Thanksgiving this year because I'm just not that into it. Don't worry, I will be appropriately into the holiday spirit by Thursday, but not a minute before that.
My only commitment this week? Apple pie to bring to my sister's house. I'm not taking jack shit to my in-laws' Thanksgiving circus. Not after last year's Ugly Cheesecake Incident. No way, no how.
Hope they enjoyed it. Bastards.
I'm a little bitter because this year we will have to drive 2 hours to eat lunch with my in-laws, and then almost 3 hours to my sister's house (which is 45 minutes north of our house) for dinner. The thought of spending the whole day in the car is not appealing - however, we've dodged the bullet for at least the last two years so I guess my luck has run out.
On the good side, at least they're not coming here. Nope. No cheesecake will be stolen this year.
Do I seem bitter about it? Sorry. It was only the most beautiful cheesecake ever. Ever. It was so pretty it made me cry a little.
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So today I found out that a former high school classmate that I went out a few times in high school won the freaking Pulitzer Prize a few years ago. How freaking cool is that?
It's times like this when I feel woefully inadequate. I know I shouldn't. But I do.
My mom the other day, when I mentioned the fact that I didn't get a raise this year, started barraging me with the whole "now is your chance to go back to school and DO SOMETHING with your life." Um, I thought I already did? My mom has this funny way of always making me feel woefully inadequate no matter what I do.
She stayed home with four kids. I work with one kid. Not to compare apples to oranges, but life is a lot different than it was in the 60's and 70's when she had us. I wish she could walk in my shoes for just one day to see what it's like.
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Is anyone else's kid driving them crazy with their Santa list for this year yet? Egads.
Have a great Monday, y'all. I'm looking forward to a short work week!
2 comments:
Fabulous Monday to you too BM. The lasagna sounds totally yummy!
OMG. My 5 year old boy has been cutting pictures from the 1000 catalogs that we get and stuffing them into envelopes for Santa. There are so many that we have to get a box to mail to Santa. Not that Santa has a clue what he wants because he wants everything & has literally hundreds of cut out pictures stuffed in business envelopes addressed to Santa. Can you pass the lasagna and a glass of wine?
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