Just Living.

That is all..nothing too terribly exciting to report. I called up to the cardiologists today to see when we are supposed to come up for the ENT appointment since I haven't heard from them, and they said that they are still waiting for the referral to be approved from my insurance. So, okay. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing doing something I was supposed to be doing, or not doing. They said that they have been eyeing things daily and I should know pretty soon.

We decided to NOT go to the ranch for Thanksgiving weekend. There were too many negatives out-weighing the positives. It narrows down to Katelynn just being too young still to travel like that, and with us having the up all night schedule still, it just didn't seem right to go all of that way and be off everyone's schedules. Not to mention when we called the kennels, they said that they were booked for that weekend, and that they actually had a waiting list of cancellations for people to get in. Duh! I didn't even think that we would have had to call early to keep a kennel. I forget that other people might be traveling too. That was the seal the deal for us. We only want to use them if we have to board them, and if they are full, than it is a no go for us.

Unfortunately, us not going has created a huge wedge in our relationship with Mike's sister. She is infuriated with us that we have decided to not go. This has crated a BIG time argument between her and Mike. I told Mike to not tell her, and to talk directly to his mom, but he thought that he could have a rational conversation with his sister, so oh well. She said that we are copping out and are just being too nervous to go, and that we are ruining the holiday by not coming.

I don't know about you, but I prefer to not spend my holidays fighting with family, so this has come as a huge shock to us that she has decided to act this way. I can see being disappointed that we aren't coming. People are allowed to change their minds though. You get disappointed, and you move on from there. Don't make this an all out war over it.

Sigh. Gotta love the holidays and all of the joy it brings out in some family members.
I am actually excited to be able to have a small dinner here for a change without everyone coming and me having to entertain everyone. It will be just us, plus my mother and sister. That is plenty for us, and it will be really nice. We plan on pulling out all of the holiday decorations this weekend to prepare for it, so it will look great in here!
Okay..off to get some things accomplished!