Thanksgiving Break or BKC and BGM are home for a week!

 For the first time in a while, Big Kid Chaos and Big Girl Matrix have the same Thanksgiving break schedule. Thursday is Turkey Day, so that's pretty much the only total family-scheduled activity. 

The MITM and I are taking the two of them to lunch and some insanity that we'll figure out after lunch, but as the saying goes, it's the journey, not the destination that will be remembered. There's something that happens when the four of us are in a car without parental supervision that has already given rise to secret codes and inside jokes that aren't shared outside of the car. I know this time is fleeting and that at some point, we won't be as much fun to hang out with, but until then, we're reveling in being grandparents. 

According to the Krewe, we weren't this much fun when they were young, but I also know that my Mama and Miss Daisy indulged them all the time! Of course, we have no plans on changing how we indulge treat BKC or BGM while they still enjoy our company!

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It's been a strange week here, but compared to the rest of the world, I'm not complaining. I can only hope that peace will prevail. 

I'm also hoping that TFG* drops dead and I can wear a red dress to his funeral (metaphorically speaking about the dress and funeral part). 

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Here's to a better week ahead for all of us, sweetpeas! xoxo

*The Fat Git courtesy of Ms Scarlet

Today is his birthday!! Huzzah #1

Today we celebrate Captain Chaos on his 52nd rotation around the sun! He is not only our eldest, hence the honorific of #1, but he's also a husband to Stretch, father to The Kid (who's 22 now), and Dad to BKC! He's an artist, a crackerjack photographer, a way cool skateboarder, and also a very excellent cook! But most importantly, he is a good man, a good friend to all he knows, a faithful brother to his siblings, and a joy to us as his parents!

Join us in wishing him a grand and glorious day and year ahead!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAPTAIN CHAOS!!

Two things that disturbed me today and 1 good thing

 First, to be clear, I was beyond disturbed, I was pissed off by two things that happened today.

Ok, so the first thing that happened was when the MITM  called about his health plan and wanting to change part of it (that's right, I'm being vague about those details because we should all be careful about personal info we share on the net), the fellow he spoke with was located overseas in a call center. Now, my pique is not with the fellow answering questions, but with the FUCKING GIANT HEALTH INSURANCE company that is raking in HUGE profits, causing small hospitals to close, driving up medical costs, and generally making the practice of medicine and overall healthcare an incredible clusterfuck! Why aren't they opening call centers here, because Lord knows they have the money to offer fair wages and compensation packages to American workers based on the profits they're sharing with their stockholders! It pisses me off that every aspect of our society is based only on what looks good on Wall St. and not what impacts Main St.! Before anyone comes for me about the nature of capitalism, there is no justification for the inequities in wealth and compensation we see in society today. 

The second thing that disturbed me was THIS COMMERCIAL:

This sort of commercial uses tropes that are offensive and demeaning to all seniors and only reinforce stereotypes of cranky, out-of-touch older women. I could go on, but my rant would only devolve into profanity and generalizations about the folks responsible for this crap.

The good thing is that BGM had her braces put on her lower teeth today and she's not complaining about having them on! 

November means my birthday isn't far off

Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a tiny bit, but once Thanksgiving is done, it's December and that means 

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS!  

That's it. I'll probably not mention it again until December 1st, but it had to be said.

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super nana has recovered and thanks all y'all for your kind thoughts. We all tested negative for two days and wore masks whenever we were with her. Just being out of her bedroom and wandering around the rest of the house was a tonic for her spirit. 

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Today the MITM helped Mr Matrix and took all the Halloween decorations down and of course, the background music was Nat King Cole singing "The Party's Over." It truly isn't possible for the MITM to do anything without musical accompaniment. His playlist for the Halloween party was 64 songs long! Or maybe it was 64 hours long, but whatever, it carried the party all afternoon!

Here's to November and Bah Humbug to the end of Daylight Saving Time!