etcetera
- I seem doomed to stink. My fabulous organic Lush deodorant now makes me itch more often than not. That seems like a straight-up fragrance allergy, since there isn't anything in that stuff but fragrance. Over the weekend I bought me some Evil Chemical Antiperspirant (my first since early in the year), as I really wanted to not sweat in my good clothes all weekend. I got frangrance-free, in the hopes that I could have a day or so before the rash kicked in. I did remarkably well, and I was 100% fine all weekend. That really got me going on "maybe I'm just not supposed to put scented stuff on my 'pits..." I used the plain old antiperspirant on again today and again I was fine. Bummed, since I would rather not put aluminum-whatever or propylene glycol all over my armpits, but glad that something is working. Well, just now I started itching again. Gah. I can't use freaking anything.
- Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" is a much-neglected holiday classic ;-)
- My husband eats a piece of sushi in one bite and then chews loudly. I truly want to kill him when he does this. Loud chewing and mouth noises just...gag. Gack.
- I can't find an mp3 of "Do They Know It's Christmas" anywhere. I must be doing something wrong.
- My mother is being a "look at ME!" control freak about Christmas. On Sunday she called me to ask what the plans are for Christmas. I said I dunno, my SIL and I will work it out (in truth, I think we both want to have it at our own home, but we (a) would rather not do the work; and (b) would also not want to insult the other by saying so. We're both being too nice.) She launched into "I need to know what I'm doing!" I was all..."huh?" about that. What she's doing is flying up on the 24th and home on the 27th and WTF else does she need to know? If we go to Bro and SIL's, my folks will stay there. If everyone comes here, she will get in their car and drive up here with them. WTF is the issue? I got no answer on that and then she got all bitchola about "And no one ever comes to MY house for Christmas!" Oh boy. Here we go. Here is the thing -- YOU MOVED 1200 MILES FROM YOUR FAMILY. You know that your son and son-in-law both work on at least the 24th and 26th most years. (Bro actually works on the 25th itself often enough.) HOW would you like us to come to you? You propose that we fly down on Christmas morning and back that night? Funfunfun that would be. Yes, I get that traveling is a drag and all that, but IMO that's the price of admission when you are the grandparent and choose to move that far away and when you know that your kids don't have flexible time off that way. None of this is new or shocking. Additionally, I spent my entire life hearing about how we couldn't go here or there for Christmas because my dad had to work. So if ANYONE knows how that is, my parents do. Now that they do not have to work, they still don't want to travel. That's the part that really pisses me off. It was never about work; it was about them being stingy and inflexible. My SIL begged me not to say anything but I told her no dice. I am dealing with this now, or else it's gonna come up every stinking year. The unfairness of it all really is making me want to scream.
I guess this turned into a rant. Oops.
- Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" is a much-neglected holiday classic ;-)
- My husband eats a piece of sushi in one bite and then chews loudly. I truly want to kill him when he does this. Loud chewing and mouth noises just...gag. Gack.
- I can't find an mp3 of "Do They Know It's Christmas" anywhere. I must be doing something wrong.
- My mother is being a "look at ME!" control freak about Christmas. On Sunday she called me to ask what the plans are for Christmas. I said I dunno, my SIL and I will work it out (in truth, I think we both want to have it at our own home, but we (a) would rather not do the work; and (b) would also not want to insult the other by saying so. We're both being too nice.) She launched into "I need to know what I'm doing!" I was all..."huh?" about that. What she's doing is flying up on the 24th and home on the 27th and WTF else does she need to know? If we go to Bro and SIL's, my folks will stay there. If everyone comes here, she will get in their car and drive up here with them. WTF is the issue? I got no answer on that and then she got all bitchola about "And no one ever comes to MY house for Christmas!" Oh boy. Here we go. Here is the thing -- YOU MOVED 1200 MILES FROM YOUR FAMILY. You know that your son and son-in-law both work on at least the 24th and 26th most years. (Bro actually works on the 25th itself often enough.) HOW would you like us to come to you? You propose that we fly down on Christmas morning and back that night? Funfunfun that would be. Yes, I get that traveling is a drag and all that, but IMO that's the price of admission when you are the grandparent and choose to move that far away and when you know that your kids don't have flexible time off that way. None of this is new or shocking. Additionally, I spent my entire life hearing about how we couldn't go here or there for Christmas because my dad had to work. So if ANYONE knows how that is, my parents do. Now that they do not have to work, they still don't want to travel. That's the part that really pisses me off. It was never about work; it was about them being stingy and inflexible. My SIL begged me not to say anything but I told her no dice. I am dealing with this now, or else it's gonna come up every stinking year. The unfairness of it all really is making me want to scream.
I guess this turned into a rant. Oops.