I swear I like my in-laws, but they have only been here since yesterday and are driving my nuts. They wanted to watch a movie. Fine, whatever. OMG, they have the volume turned up to defcon 5, and they have not stopped talking since the opening credits. They're not even talking about the movie, just having random conversations and things like, "Oh, I need to text Sally to tell her that the Jones called last night." Then they text Sally back and forth for 30 minutes, while having a conversation with each other and while the TV is playing the movie they just had to watch but are paying no attention to is so loud the house is practically shaking. And if we turn the movie off, they'll insist that they were watching that.

…then today our granddaughter FaceTimed us so we could talk to our four-year-old great grandson. Volume wouldn’t work and we had to give up after several tries. Ten minutes later his mom posted a video on Facebook of him saying ‘I can’t find my PawPaw and GiGi’.

I spent all of yesterday trying to replicate my dads gumbo without a recipe because he never gave it to anyone before he passed. I finally got what I thought was a pretty perfect version. I was pretty happy, and also sad. But H comes home and tries it and says “ it’s missing something. It’s definitely not your dad’s.” And he can’t get why that hurt so badly. I dont know how to even explain why that was so hurtful. I still think it was almost perfect.

After talking about it for several years, three years ago I convinced DH to sell our home of 20 years and move to a sunny climate 1000+ miles away. For the past 2 weeks I’ve been so depressed. I want to see my kids and grandkids whenever I want, go see my elderly dad when he’s having a bad day, and most of all, I want to have chaotic Christmases like we used to have in our old house. Putting on a fake smile is SO exhausting.

I had an unexpected connection the young, cute tall guy at the post office! I made a little joke and he smiled. He seemed to trying to make some conversation and I really enjoyed it!

Yay, the deposit cleared up. AND, she donated $20 for donations I'm collecting to buy gift cards for others that don't have as much. Wow!

Dear every business that ever existed, Just because I bought one thing from you one time does not mean that I want to get emails from you every day for the rest of my life. Please stop. Sincerely, Everyone

Today just fucking sucked. People, plural, as in more than one, just not doing shit they were supposed to do and then like, "On vacation until January." Some are just irritating, like work stuff. One involves a surgery for my daughter which may not happen now because someone didn't submit the paperwork they were supposed to AND I have email of her saying she would do 2 weeks ago, which was already late. If it's rescheduled for after Jan 1, I pay $$$ b/c deductible starts fresh. Another is a college professor who f-ed up uploading grades and then left the country for vacation. I need to submit those to my employer by Dec 31st to be reimbursed for the class. So that may cost me $2000. BTW-school admits he screwed up, but they can't reach him and he's the only one who can fix it. FML

I don't get why you would send my deposit to Cash app when: 1) I've only sent you payments using Zelle 2) You never asked me for my app handle or communicated before sending money, but randomly sent screenshot of having sent money 3) Surprise, surprise it didn't arrive. Who knows who you sent it to. Now waiting for her bank to credit funds before she can return my deposit,. Never had issues with a landlord returning my deposit before. All of this could have been prevented if she just simply texted a heads up before acting so quickly. I guess drama doesn't end with landlord. Sigh.

ELEVEN MONTHS SOBER!