Day 14 - Family Day

It seemed appropriate to save this one for a holiday such as today where everyone is traditionally spending time with their families. My family is itty-bitty. It's me, my kids, my mom and my brother. I do indeed have other family in the area, but these ones are the only ones that make any effort to contact me ever so they are what counts. I am the only vegetarian in my family which means every feasting holiday my mom makes me spaghetti while everyone else eats turkey. This year, she didn't actually do that. Possibly because she made spaghetti for me a few days ago already. Now that I think about it, every time I have seen her in the last two months she has made me spaghetti.

So. Apparently my brother got jumped last night and fell down a hill (I don't even ask anymore) and he spends the day gimping around and trying to make everyone feel bad for him. My kids are acting like insane freaks but that is normal. We eat and enjoy our 'family' time. We don't do it often -- for good reason. We watched a movie and then my mom went to take my oldest to her other grandparents house (because if I have to see my daughter's father I may just hurt him) and then she took my brother to the hospital where he was diagnosed with torn ligaments and given some sort of splinty-cast thing.

That is as much of my family and their drama that I can handle for one day.