August 9, 2017
8:09 p.m.

Whew! Made it through the day!

I don't know why I'm so tired the past couple of days. I guess things kind of catch up to you once the major stressors ease off.

Mom is doing well, really well. I'm so grateful.

Over the weekend my out of town siblings came to town and since the five of us were all in the same place at the same time, we had an early celebration of my parent's 60th Anniversary and my mother's 80th birthday. (17th and 20th, respectively) The odds of us all being together later this month for the actual days was practically nil, so we grabbed the opportunity and surprised them.

I have this brother who is convinced that with every snap of the camera a piece of his soul is ripped away, and a sister who cannot help making faces when a camera is pointed in her direction. I don't know where my brother came by his fear, but my sister's antics were directly inherited from our mother. 

Considering those factors, I'm really pleased with the photographs. Of course, I'm not sharing the goofy grins, boob push-ups, eye rolls and heavy sighs that went on; use your imaginations. 

A good time was had by all, and we were pretty delighted that the surprise was a success. Too much food meant that we had to have a second day of feasting to work on the leftovers. That was Saturday and Sunday. Today is Tuesday--we're still working at the food. Hahaha. Everyone in this family overdoes food preparation. 

Naturally, Mom needed a nap or two in between visiting and eating. But she's done incredibly well since surgery. I think we will just take it easy the rest of this week and call it good. 

I am still working on the little saga of the week from hell. It's taking me longer that I thought it would. It's hard to think about, hard to remember. And I'm considering giving it up, because she got through it with flying colors--and so did the rest of us. 

We'll see. I'll probably finish it. 

Probably.

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8:35 p.m.

I still haven't gone to see "The Dark Tower". I don't even know if it's playing here. 

Honestly, I would really rather watch "Mr. Mercedes", but we don't have Direct TV and I don't know how I'm going to be able to see it. I hate these exclusive programing stunts. I can't have every viewing network out there, I'm too broke! 

I also want to watch "The Mist", but no Showtime channel. 

Ugh. I'm getting a little unhappy now. 

On that sad note, I'm going to head to my room and watch something on Netflix or Hulu. Or read another book, since it's Book Lovers Day. I didn't even know that until the day was almost over. 

I need to get on the ball! 

Good night!