Monday update, 03-08-2010
March 08,, 2010

My mom is in the hospital with bronchitis (which is pretty serious shit when you have COPD and take oxygen), I�m pretty sure my brothers aren�t speaking to me (officially, I mean�they never really keep in touch anyway, but they seem to be outright pissed at the moment), and sitting in the dentist�s chair on Saturday triggered a seriously horrible abuse flashback from my teen years. So family is a troublesome thing at the moment. Guess it�s actually a good thing I�m feeling pretty flat right now, or I�d be all stirred up.

The weekend was fairly dull. I cooked Friday (pork chops), Saturday (meatloaf), and Sunday (roast chicken and stuffing), I baked up a recipe I�ve never tried before�Key Lime Pie (and I am in no position to judge whether it is any good or not, since I HATE Key Lime Pie), I got the dental crown I lost last week re-set, and did my usual laundry, shopping, and housework routine. They delivered my other chair (this time the guy was THREE hours late), we put up the photo wall, and we finally settled on a place to go for vacation next week�Minnesota. Everywhere else we tried was ridiculously expensive and/or fully booked for hotels, but we found that Treasure Island Casino in Welch, Minnesota (outside the Twin Cities) was affordable and available, so we are going there again. Last time was in 2002, and we had a really good time, so it I�m hoping it will be nice to go back. Spouse looked at visiting Cleveland OH, Omaha NE, Springfield IL, and the Quad Cities, but everything was insane--I guess because of Spring Break, but really people�OMAHA!?

Personally, I don�t want to go anywhere. But he does, and we know who always wins that argument. But it�s hard to purposely plan a vacation for a week that your evil, vicious period is due, just because it suits someone else�s schedule. Especially when you are exhausted and depressed and going through a bad patch of sensory defensive hell. And with that last one, a casino is a piss-poor choice.