Thanksgiving or another micro soap opera

My sister has rented a house on St. George Island for a week at Thanksgiving and again at Christmas for the past several years. This year she only rented for Thanksgiving. She and 3 bridge playing friends went down on Friday and ate hardy and played bridge for 3 days. The friends all left Sunday afternoon.

Tuesday Nancy called me at work and asked me to spend Thursday and Friday nights. Thanked her, but said no, that I might have to work on Friday. She said to come early and bring Shirley.

Got there around 9:30 Shirley in tow.

Mother and Bert showed up at 11:00 with Maria in tow.

Have I mentioned that a week and a half ago Nancy gave Mother and Bert a Chahuahua? 6lb chocolate year old female. This dog was a rescue from a puppy factory and had lived her entire life in a cage. Pretty and sweet.

Shirley was so happy to see Maria, but Maria refused to make friends...showed fangs and growled. So I told Shirley to just ignore her and she did.

Well, Mother has complained to me every time we've talked about how much trouble and work Maria is and how dare Nancy give her something alive.

So yesterday after we ate (a major feast I must say) Mother said we had to have a family meeting. I knew as soon as she said that that it was about Maria. Nancy and I were on the porch smoking and Mother and Bert were in the living room, so we said "go ahead". She opened by saying how tired she is and that Maria is so much work (HA!). Then said which of you girls will take her? It's either that or she goes to the pound. Well, I dropped my head to my hands and just held it there. Nancy finally said she'd take her. Then Bert spoke up and said that he'd really like to keep her, but whatever Mother wanted was so, "you know she has a little heart condition"!

Later Nancy helped Bert carry some things down to the car and she told him that mother doesn't have a heart condition and that she'd wondered how Mother was going to ruin this holiday as she had ruined every other one for her entire life!

Would like to know how the conversation went on the way back to Tallahassee!

Mother did give each of us a hundred dollars and she wrote a check to the Jefferson County Humane Society...I figure it as atonement money!

Left St. George at 4:30 and got home at 7:45. Came back via Tallahassee as I wasn't sure I'd see the turn to Wacissa in the dark.

Wonderful surprise!

Night before last I had a wonderful surprise! Prentice came to see me on his way to North Carolina. He looks great and as always is still a great cook! He brought and fixed dinner...what a treat! Spent the night and headed out when I left for work. Said that maybe on his way back he'll be able to stay longer.

We had a MAJOR storm last night. Needed the rain, the lightening and wind was another matter.

Beginning to feel a little human

Finally! I woke up this morning and felt a little more like myself.

I worked 1 hr. on Monday, 3 hrs. on Wednesday and 8 hrs. yesterday. That's going to make a sparse paycheck!

Last night I went to bed at 7:15 and made myself get up at 8:30 this morning. I did wake up enough to change the tv channel a few times. Still tired, but better.

It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is in less than 2 weeks! Where does time go? Sure can tell it's on the downhill slope...it's faster and faster!

Jack Palance died yesterday. Liked him. Funny, Mother doesn't know who he was.

Shirley's in heat. She always becomes so maternal when she's in heat. This time her object of attention is a Milk Bone dog biscuit for large dogs. She carries it around everywhere she goes. She takes it outside and brings it in...she forgot once and had a fit to go back out and get it. On occasion she puts it in my lap as if I'm to tend it while she is busy or rests. She also has to protect it from Mercy (who has no interest in it) who may walk too close to it. Her interest has been waning, her heat must be almost finished.

More things...

Lots has happened since I posted last, but the thing most on my mind right now is my health.

Had a sore throat Thurs. & Fri. Woke up Sat. and couldn't swallow and had a walnut sized lump in the roof of my mouth. Of course no Dr.'s office open on the weekend here so I went to Tallahassee to a walk-in clinic. Have a viral upper respitory infection. Treating the symptoms. Dr. said I'd be well in a week to 10 days. Didn't work yesterday. Am dressed and must go in today. Don't know how long I'll be able to stay...just have some things that I have to get done. It's pouring rain.