t collapses

SO. Tired. Went running, took kids climbing, climbed, took kids to lunch, went home, fetched SIL, visited with parents, helped make dinner, cleaned up, lots of family talk and shepherding of three toddlers, created menu for Sunday, planned tomorrow, made meringues.

I am going to need a vacation to recover from my vacation.

Fuck me sideways. Got a nasty virus on my computer. Need sleep and a thumb drive (tis hiding from me) before I try fixing. Grrrrrrrr. Merry f$&@#£%ing Christmas to me.

I don't think I can talk about the latest family gossip, because charges might still be pending.

(What? I have a plan.)

Given my tag, this amuses me.

I need to reread bandpires now.

Family frustrations abound but not a lot of drama. Except my brother and sister in law asked what I thought of my sister's new boyfriend and the best I could say was that he seems to bring out the best side with her. Bro is a lawyer and rolled his eyes at me. Told him that it was factually accurate and technically not mean.

And an uncle is dating two women. One of whom is married and not in a happy poly way. Whatever. He also got shot in the ass once. I'm beginning to understand how that might have come about.

I am not yet home, so gossip is pending. Though I did go to a friends Christmas party and watch someone get chloroformed. It was interesting.

This conversation has made me realize that I probably am the family gossip this year, although hopefully not in a mean way.

My parents are back having just missed a 24 hour interstate closing in NM. This is the first year I remember the kids being really excited about Christmas. We are celebrating tomorrow since they will spend the 25th with Joe.

Vacation is so much better when I don't feel like death warmed over! The kids and I are hanging out in our jammies, Dylan is singing "This Is Halloween" at the top of his lungs and Aeryn is dancing. They are each playing with the other's Hanukkah present front last night.

Unfortunately DH now has the dreaded stomach bug so it's going to be a long day for me with these two. Maybe we'll go over to my sister's and make cookies

My family is fairly boring. Although my nephew, who finally moved out of his parents' house into an apartment of his own, announced he'd be conducting an experiment on the effect of alcohol consumption on video game scores. Kinda mild, as family scandles go, although his tea totaling grandmother would Not Have Approved.

My family also does not go in for gossip-worthy stuff. I mean, the latest is pretty much stuff like: My half-brother and SIL got ... a puppy! My father is ... redoing his bathroom, after finding mold and carpenter ants! My sister is... painting a wall in her new condo "Calico Rose"! My mother is... bossy!

ION I am so un-merry. I need to cowboy up and tell my father when we are coming on the 26th, get some shopping done so we and the cats eat today, figure out what to give the half-brother and SIL with the puppy, and probably I should get a present for my husband, right? Meanwhile he and the kids are watching a TV show called "Searching for Bigfoot."

I am hoping TJ's plus the pet store can accomplish most of the above.