I can't get to sleep. Mom is coming tomorrow. We set up her room after work. I hope she likes it. Really, I'm just anxious about what's going to happen. I want this to be a happy Christmas, but what if Mom starts criticising me about something, like not going to Mass? And what happens when Maria gets here? Yeah. I'm really making a mountain out of ( Read more... )

Maria won't be staying over this Christmas. She wants to stay in a hotel for the week. Whatever. I offered her the couch. She just wants to come over and help mom cook. That's her choice. *shrugs* I thought Maria would have loved to stay over, but she sounded real unenthusastic about it. I may be overreacting. We'll see ( Read more... )

Mom wanted to know if she could stay with us during Christmas. Since Michelle said yes, I let her know this morning. She'll be coming down here on Tuesday. I guess when Maria and Alex learn about this they'll be begging to come over for Christmas. Maria might have to stay over here, too, since she's in San Francisco still. I don't want to put her ( Read more... )

Mom wants to come over for Christmas. Can she? I want her to, but that might mean Alex and Maria will come to visit, too.

At least for today. Man, it feels good to be back home in time to watch something decent for a change. I know I've got a bajillion phone calls to return--my mother, my brother, my sister, some friends--but I am going to enjoy my x amount of hours off before they call me back in ( Read more... )

It's been so busy around here. I don't get it, you know, it's all calm one week and then the next it's insane. I think I might have gotten five hours of sleep in five days. Thank God for coffee. But work has completely consumed my life. I HAVE no life right now outside of work. But did I ever really have a life or was that all an illusion ( Read more... )

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Last night I was looking through some of my old pictures. Can't believe I haven't got rid of all the ones of me and Nina yet. I definitely should. Not just because of Nina. That soul patch...WTF? I should have known something was up with her. What woman would date a guy with something like that on their chin? And I thought I looked cool, too. I was ( Read more... )

Alex says Dana cooked this Thanksgiving. Tried to cook. Mom put her in charge of cooking the desserts and she...gave them three black pies and one sickly looking three-layered cake. And he said it tasted horrible. Guess we Almeidas got a thing for women who can't cook, eh?
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