whaddup with this holiday.

we've got my gorgeous nieces & nephew, who are ridiculously smart, sweet, talented & silly-fab, but good lord, cannot let the adults have a conversation, not to mention sleep at night. ever. at all. & bless their hearts, but my brother & sister-in-law think that it's ok for the kids to loudly & continually interrupt a professional singer performing in the living room. & that it's ok to use outside voice at 6:30 in the morning. then we've got grandma, 2 months from 90, a bundle of anxieties, so far on edge without my aunt hilary & refining the art of criticizing every thing & everyone, plus re-mastering her already razor-sharp back-handed compliment skills... on her great-grandkids. & in finale, we've got the funnerest part of thxgiving: for the last 2 years, mom & i do the deep dive. last year, top 5 biggest fight EVER. this year, 2 hours of processing. oy. this is either going to make us the strongest, hardest-working mother/daughter team in history or put me straight into the loony bin.

oh yeah, & in less than 24 hours, my damn jeans don't fit.  seriously? aaarrrgg.

hm.

oddly, i need to bake another pie.