December 15, 2023 - Friday


In some ways, today was much more chill than yesterday. The only thing we actually did was go to Aunt MaryAnn's for a visit. BUT. MJ was HIGH STRUNG today and we bickered on and off all day. She was annoyed with me and I was annoyed with her. She wants me to be a go, go, go type of person and I am NOT. So she's working her butt off to prepare for the party tomorrow and I'm just like, why don't you chill tf out? And then I disappeared for 2.5 hours and that REALLY annoyed her. 

Aunt MaryAnn's was very nice though. She bought a gingerbread house for each of the kids and that was super fun for them. I didn't get one this year, so everyone was excited! I brought my nice camera in the hopes of taking nice pictures, then realized that I lost my camera battery at some point. It wasn't in the camera, it wasn't in the battery charger, and it wasn't in the camera bag. So. Let's just hope I left it in a different battery charger at home? I have no idea. Very annoyed though. So, instead, I took a few mediocre/not great photos with my phone. :( Boo. Aunt Mar seemed very grateful that we drove out to see her and made lots of effort to have good food for lunch. She's been so, so lonely since Uncle George died last year. The thought occurred to me today that someday Ben will leave me or I will leave him and one of us will be terribly lonely. Not productive thinking, but still a thought I had. Like, will I be a lonely widow someday? Gosh, it seems really sad. 

Tomorrow will be a day filled with party prep. Not looking forward to withstanding MJs anger for the entire day. I have to make the cupcakes tonight so that I can decorate them tomorrow, but, honestly, I just want to lay down when Ollie does and go to sleep. 




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