This is the first time I have actually been on my computer in about two weeks. My kids have totally taken over. They need to go back to school so I can get back to my normal life of doing laundry and being on the computer during the day. For some reason I can't do laundry when people are home. I finally had to just go ahead and do some today because we were running out of underwear and jeans. I did do towels for the past two weeks but those don't count.
My vision is getting MUCH better but my right eye isn't back to where it was before the UVeitis. If it is going to stay where it's at then I am ok with it as I can actually read signs now when I'm driving. I couldn't read signs with my glasses a couple of weeks ago.
My son left monday to ride with a friend back to Dallas.
This is the son of some friends of ours (the husband works for my husband) and he and my son have been friends since they were little kids. His friend is moving back to Dallas because he didn't like it here (he is starting college in Dallas). My son wanted to see his friends so we flew him out here and have his flight back to Cleveland out of DFW. My parents drove out for Christmas and left monday too and they followed my son and his friend back so it made me feel a lot better. My step dad is retired but does dealer trades for a Ford dealership right around the corner from where I used to live. He was picking up a new Taurus for the dealership out in Anaheim.
My moonbat brother came as well. He came a couple of days before my parents got there. He is such a selfish bastard. The day my parents came I was making homemade spaghetti and meatballs and my hands were practically elbow deep the hamburger mixing the meatballs when he said sarcastically, "It's not like you have to entertain me, it's not like I'm bored or anything.". I swear I hadn't even sat down the first two days he was there and he was telling me that he needed to be entertained. Then later that night I sat up talking to him (actually being talked at because I did not get a chance to say anything), he told me my brother Mark is the lucky one because he is no longer alive (he died back in July of 2008) and so he doesn't have to worry about paying his mortgage and bills. I couldn't friggen believe he said that. I told him how sick it was and I bet Mark would beg to differ is he was alive. What I wanted to say was, "You don't have to worry about paying your bills either, you live with Dad (he has lived with my dad for over 7 years) and filed for bankruptcy". Then later he told me that he still owed $57k in student loans but makes $34k working for Kinkos/Fed Ex (he has worked for kinkos for well over 10 years but doesn't want any more "responsibility"
). I'm not knocking making $34k, it's that he has already filed for bankruptcy (and he owed a TON in CC bills from gambling and buying photography equipment) and he has an additional $57k in student loans. He is irresponsible. He admitted he always thought he would either win the lottery, cash in big at the casinos or my grandma would leave him money when she dies. He said my cousins don't deserve what they make (one is a pediatric oncologist and the other one is a radiology specialist) because basically it's the medical field and they shouldn't be taking advantage of patients. His degree is in photography but he isn't doing anything with it. He refuses to do weddings or take pictures of people, he wants to make "art"....coffee table books.
It didn't take the $57k to go to school either, he borrowed the maximum he could borrow and what it didn't cost to go to school he gambled (he told me that) but now he is screwed because you can't file bankruptcy on student loans. I could go on and on about my brother but it will just piss me off more. Can you tell I needed to get this off my chest? I was polite to him but he is the most self-centered person I have ever known.
We had our Christmas on Christmas Eve and we had people over for christmas day (besides my brother and parents) and it was a little stressful but in the end it was fun. My Mom made the most wonderful Carmel Apple Cheese Cake and I have the recipe if any one wants it. It is super easy to make. I am glad it is all over but I miss my Mom. I wish my son and mom could have stayed longer, then things would have been perfect. My husband put my quilting machine together and put on the new parts he had to order (because the moving people totally screwed it up). It works! My husband can do anything. He also fixed the dishwasher that screwed up again (different reason). I feel so lucky to be married to him, I swear he can do anything. He also took down the tree all by himself. I asked him if he wanted help and he said no because I had put it up all by myself. I on the other hand, once everyone left, have been a total lazy ass.
We were suppose to go to a New Years Eve party last night but we actually forgot about it. At about 8:30 last night when my husband and I were sitting on the couch I remembered. We could have still gone but we didn't. We are getting boring. Today we went and saw the movie Sherlock Holmes. I liked it.
