Fancy Friday

[Elizabeth]

Hi again! DD12 wanted me to come over to the X's house with her rather than come to my house. It took a while, but I FINALLY found out why. His yard is grass, mine is rock. She wanted to have snowball fights with me, but did not want to chance accidentally rolling rocks into the snowballs. Then, we watched one of the Monster High movies. Unfortunately, the X and the other woman came home before it was over, and I had to be polite to them. The other woman invited me to eat with them, but I was able to say truthfully that I had a dinner planned with friends. I managed to refrain from saying "I'd rather eat worms". One of the friends at dinner was laid off today.

I am annoyed with a different friend, not one of the ones at dinner. She tells me she only associates with the X and other woman because she feels obligated, and that her 15yo daughter hates them. I can sort of see the obligation feeling, we have all known each other for 15+ years. However, that does not mean she needs to CALL THEM to make sure they are in town whenever she has a party. Just schedule the party. At my Halloween party, she asked me why I hadn't invited them. Um, gee, I don't know, adultery, betrayal, harm to my daughter and the other woman's son. I had to explain to her that, just because I am polite to them does not mean they are my friends. Mind boggling cluelessness. Next time she brings them up, I am going to ask her if she was planning to introduce the other woman to serious boyfriends. (She is actively on the hunt).

I've checked massive amounts of email and fed cats. I still need to clean catboxes and put out more cat food. Sickly, scrawny, old one seems to be less sickly, and maybe less scrawny, definitely not less old. She is not going to the adoption clinic tomorrow. I am giving her a break for a while. I got a pill popper and that makes life a little easier for both of us.

Those 'only two rows' left on my crochet auction project have become a lot more. I realized I made a consistent error throughout the entire pattern. (It was not well written). It's now a shawl you cannot put around your shoulders, just a circle really. So, on the train, I re-designed around what I have. The additional parts will be consistent with the pattern and will not require a restart. The next two auction shawls (for different auctions) will be done using a different pattern!

[blessedw2]

not a good friend d Elizabeth... I am sorry for the lack of comprehension and empathy from this person.