Up and Down

Still no new car. I don't want to talk about it.

In happier news, Thanksgiving was a smashing success. I made a turkey, bacon green beans, cheesy mashed potatoes and parsnips, spinach artichoke stuffing, cranberry-cherry-pomegranate sauce, pumpkin cheesecake with chocolate shortbread crust, and pumpkin pie with gingersnap crust. Everyone loved everything. Honestly! I was surprised with the everyone loving everything part. Even Ruby ate some turkey and touched one bite of potato-parsnip mash to her bottom lip. Success! My mom brought her famous black bean corn salsa and I made pumpkin pie spice kettle corn, 3 hummuses (?) (they were regular, avocado, and roasted red pepper), and Ruby cut out gingerbread cookies with my mom and Jilly which was adorable.

Then we (me, Jilly, our parents) saw Harry Potter. I loved it very much. However, after a mother-daughters squabble, I am needing your input on a confusing issue: the Invisibility Cloak. Please contact me as soon as possible because I am lost/without my own copies of Half-Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows to check.

So those were ups, here are the downs.

In last week's football pool (at Ronnie's work, I am allowed to participate), I came in second place. After Thursday's games and half of today's, I am so far away from even having a shot at winning I just want to cry. Ronnie is in a 3-way tie for first though, oddly enough this is after he came in last place last week. Interesting.

Ruby is refusing to wear a diaper today, which is fine for number ones (she announces "I need to pee!" then runs to the bathroom to do so) but number twos, not so much. Usually she'll wait for a diaper to poop. Not today. About an hour ago, she decided to squat while standing in a chair and start pushing. So I picked her up sideways and ran her to the bathroom. I saw one poo fall. I sat her down, she peed, and decided to be done (there is no forcing/bribing/entertaining her to stay on the toilet once she's done). So we went to pick up the one poo and I discovered that my hasty transport helped her poo drop from her body. A poo trail across the living room.

I have had a sore throat for four days now, with sneezing and a little stuffiness.

At least I don't have to go to work tomorrow.

But that means I am making no money.

But Ronnie's work is extremely generous with quarterly AND holiday bonuses so we're totally fine.

But we have to go to the company holiday BOWLING party to collect the Christmas bonus.

I am not excited about this awkward bowling shit.

But I am friendly with several of Ronnie's work friends AND their girlfriends.

Still. Awk.

Whoa

Everything is shattering around us like entire fucking mountains crashing into the ocean in an earthquake. Car totaled, surprise influx of cash immediately used on necessary practical things and not Yo Gabba Gabba Live tickets, Ruby trying to convince us that she doesn't need naps anymore (probably the worst thing right now, oddly), someone in charge of a very important aspect of my life going batshit insane and I simply cannot handle the crazy anymore but unfortunately I need what they give me so I'm stuck until I find something better which might never happen.

Things really suck but my family is Pretty Awesome so we're okay. Also, Ruby was a trick-or-treating champ so we have lots of candy which helps. It also helps knowing that I'm not intentionally sabotaging myself and making tons of bad stupid choices, it's just that all this weird shit is piling up like a stack of delicious pancakes only none of it is delicious. Can't cover a smashed car in butter and maple syrup then move on with life. I know, because I tried. Of course I didn't. But can't you totally see me doing that? Me too! Maybe that's my problem.