Friday, November 21
Nov. 22nd, 2025 02:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Better sleep.
Having my husband home when I got up. It's nice when we eat breakfast together and talk.
He went to the climbing gym in the afternoon.
I did the usual chores and such, and talked with Trainwreck for a while.
She sounded odd, talking really fast and such, though she was coherent. I hope there's nothing sketchy going on with that.
She sounded like she's already thinking about Christmas, and already sounding disappointed that it won't be a big gathering like we used to have.
Yet, I see no cause for negativity. She lives close to all three of her sons, and will likely see them over the course of the season, if not all on one day together. That's about as much as a person can hope for, isn't it?
Sure, we used to have these mass family gatherings with about thirty people at our Mom's house, but now a lot of our siblings are older and not willing to travel, and the younger kids have children of their own, and want their own holidays.
I imagine that some of our family will still visit each other over the course of the season, and at some point you just have to be grateful for that.
I've struggled with this too, as my husband and I generally spend Christmas together, and visit with friends over the season. Both of us grew up having these huge family gatherings. You know what though? I also remember those gatherings being very stressful, and you didn't really end up visiting with people in a meaningful way most of the time.
They're great for just sort of "counting heads" and taking group pictures.
Anyhow. It was a decent conversation, and I hope that she can get past the feeling that being around her own kids isn't enough.
I went to the barn and worked with River.
For the most part, my stitches didn't cause any discomfort, besides being aware of them being there a bit.
River did pretty well, though there are still things that he's doing that makes me wonder if our communication isn't good enough yet, just sometimes he seems confused about what I'm asking when he really shouldn't be any more.
He was at least calm and relaxed today, which is nice.
I stayed to work with another horse during the lesson with the woman with health challenges. R's daughter L rode today too.
I told them about my lipoma surgery, and they were both interested in that, how it was done, and the underlying cause (as far as I understand, it's from inflammation likely stemming from my blood sugar issues).
We talked a lot about the evils of sugar (all of us ended up making drastic dietary changes that cut out most processed food and sugar).
I often get a kick out of L, who has a dry sense of humor.
Then I came home and we recapped each other's day (my Sweetie had a good night climbing), and we watched the last two episodes of season one of "The Lotus".
While it won't be everyone's cup of tea, I enjoyed it.
Better sleep.
Having my husband home when I got up. It's nice when we eat breakfast together and talk.
He went to the climbing gym in the afternoon.
I did the usual chores and such, and talked with Trainwreck for a while.
She sounded odd, talking really fast and such, though she was coherent. I hope there's nothing sketchy going on with that.
She sounded like she's already thinking about Christmas, and already sounding disappointed that it won't be a big gathering like we used to have.
Yet, I see no cause for negativity. She lives close to all three of her sons, and will likely see them over the course of the season, if not all on one day together. That's about as much as a person can hope for, isn't it?
Sure, we used to have these mass family gatherings with about thirty people at our Mom's house, but now a lot of our siblings are older and not willing to travel, and the younger kids have children of their own, and want their own holidays.
I imagine that some of our family will still visit each other over the course of the season, and at some point you just have to be grateful for that.
I've struggled with this too, as my husband and I generally spend Christmas together, and visit with friends over the season. Both of us grew up having these huge family gatherings. You know what though? I also remember those gatherings being very stressful, and you didn't really end up visiting with people in a meaningful way most of the time.
They're great for just sort of "counting heads" and taking group pictures.
Anyhow. It was a decent conversation, and I hope that she can get past the feeling that being around her own kids isn't enough.
I went to the barn and worked with River.
For the most part, my stitches didn't cause any discomfort, besides being aware of them being there a bit.
River did pretty well, though there are still things that he's doing that makes me wonder if our communication isn't good enough yet, just sometimes he seems confused about what I'm asking when he really shouldn't be any more.
He was at least calm and relaxed today, which is nice.
I stayed to work with another horse during the lesson with the woman with health challenges. R's daughter L rode today too.
I told them about my lipoma surgery, and they were both interested in that, how it was done, and the underlying cause (as far as I understand, it's from inflammation likely stemming from my blood sugar issues).
We talked a lot about the evils of sugar (all of us ended up making drastic dietary changes that cut out most processed food and sugar).
I often get a kick out of L, who has a dry sense of humor.
Then I came home and we recapped each other's day (my Sweetie had a good night climbing), and we watched the last two episodes of season one of "The Lotus".
While it won't be everyone's cup of tea, I enjoyed it.
