I went to sleep at 1am and have now awoken at 730am. Whyyyyyy.

I may yet be able to go back to sleep, but my whole abdomen hurts. I can't quite tell if it's my digestive tract, my kidneys telling me I didn't get enough water, or my back saying 41 is too old to sleep on the couch two nights in a row (I was promised an air mattress, damnit!)

He is in college, msbelle! He goes to North Dakota to play basketball (and learn stuff) in January so he is doing as much as he can for us before he leaves to earn money. A very nice young man. Younger brother of the young man we saw graduate in Ohio last spring. These kids are over here without parents living with other relatives and working their butts off to have a better life than their family in Haiti. I get so angry when people disparage immigrants. These kids DH works with in basketball work so hard to study in a second language and get grades high enough that they can qualify for athletic scholarships. It melts my heart when they text me their report cards. I understand that the stakes were different for my entitled kids, but it is inspiring to see how hard these students work compared to those that don't face deportation. Still kids, but with a deeper maturity in many ways.

My friend who was going into hospice died at home last night. 11:20 pm on Thanksgiving.

It wasn't sudden. Fuck cancer.

Hugs, Zen.

I'm so sorry, Zen. It adds an extra layer of suck when it happens on a holiday. My mother's grandmother (who raised her) died on Thanksgiving and we never celebrated the holiday until my oldest sister went to school and came home asking why. We always made a point of making Mom tell us stories about her Gram to share with us on Thanksgiving to include her memory. When you are ready I know we all would like you to share any memories.

Glad to hear the cauliflower dressing was good, Laura!

Happy pie-for-breakfast day! Sitting around my parents' family room sipping coffee and discussing the news after working out how all of us can completely avoid shopping today. I might have to buy cat food - Pet Food Express shouldn't be too mobbed with Black Friday shoppers, right?

I'm so sorry, Zen.

Pet food is one of the things that I have on autoship. I've been doing more and more autoship for things like vitamins.

Yeah, the canned cat food I had on autoship became unavailable and I haven't done the research to select a new one yet, so I have to pick up some periodically.

I'm sorry Zen, that sucks.

Laura that's heartbreaking, but I'm so glad he's doing well, at least? Grrr