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The baby shower went off without any hitches. My SIL was there and there were 12 guests. Yes, the quiche and sausage were served warm (I know you were all wondering about that). She received a lot of lovely things, and I was repeatedly told that these were the types of things I could expect when my turn rolls around. Fine by me. So all's well that ends well. At least, that's my impression. I haven't talked to my SIL since so it should be interesting to see what her take on it all was. My one concern was that there was a lot of focus on me at different times--it wasn't my day, so I tried to deflect it as best I could. I'm sure most people were just being polite, but I did get uncomfortable at various times.
In other family type updates, I ran into an aunt at the grocery store yesterday. Apparently, from the rest of the family's point of view all the drama regarding me and my father was cleared up months ago. She was unaware that I still thought that there was some resentment, but she reassured me that there are no hard feelings left among my uncles. She also filled in some gaps regarding the intervention and the outcome (or lack thereof). It is her understanding that no one is giving my father any money at this time. He did see a counselor but decided that treatment was not an option for him--he'd just quit on his own. That was back in October and he was drunk on Halloween, the day after Thanksgiving, and some other night up at Jimmy's (an English style pub at the St. James). I didn't ask what the next steps were, if any. She was also under the impression that he's planning to move in with us before the end of the month. I told her that hadn't been decided. He hasn't said that he needs to move in--and we haven't discussed any of the logistics or stipulations. I am mentally/emotionally preparing for what could be an awkward discussion with him. Let's just say that our house would not be a very comfortable place for him (no smoking, no parties with drinking buddies, help with the remodelling, and some sort of treatment. Not to mention an emotional/hormonal daughter!)
In spite of myself, I managed to have a productive weekend. Laundry and groceries got done. I even got a start on my holiday cards. My holiday card list tripled this year because of the wedding (my husband has a large family), so I've divided the list into various groups. For example, not everyone needs/wants one of our wedding pictures. Not everyone needs/cares about a holiday letter. And frankly, our immediate family already knows everything that's happened this year and have wedding photos. I normally wouldn't divide people up, but the list is incredibly overwhelming and I had to start somewhere. Just signing cards last night for immediate family and people we just barely know took quite a chunk out of the list and now I feel like it's manageable.
We watched Thank You for Smoking, which was entertaining. Unfortunately, the DVD was scratched at the very end, so I don't know what the main character wound up doing. We also watched White Christmas, and I need to remember each year that I do not enjoy this movie. The musical sequences are too long, making the movie drag for me.
Looking at a busy week at work (at least the first half). Good thing too--I was beginning to lose my mind!