December 17, 2009
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I Feel Happy, I Feel Happy….!
TALES FROM THE BRAT FARMEver have one of those days when you just feel…well, happy? For no apparent reason? That’s me. Okay, so maybe I am an idiot or some such thing but I feel better than I did. I had a good night’s sleep and I woke up at a decent time. And, even though I DID get one piece of bad news, it didn’t affect me the way it might have if I was still feeling crappy.
The bad news is that my youngest son (he’s my baby…sniff, sniff), his wife and my three grandkids (his children…okay…so maybe he’s not quite the baby you might imagine) won’t be able to make it for Christmas. It seems that his vacation time, which he had granted to him MONTHS ago, has been revoked. Everyone who was taking time off from now until after the new year was told *no dice*. It has something to do with making a quota of some sort and too many people being off at the same time. Since they are a service industry and they provide service to hospitals (we never close!) they all must work. In fact, he has to work Christmas day.
Yes, I was disappointed. I get to see so little of them all and haven’t really had time to spend with my daughter-in-law in ages. But, you do what you must in order to eat and have a place to live. In this economy, there’s not much you can do about that. So, I will send them their Christmas cash tomorrow and hope they have a good day. My daughter-in-law has family that lives closer than we are so I hope they get to spend some time with them.
We will still have 9 adults and two little ones. That will be a nice crowd and we should be able to visit and relax for a while. Now it’s just a matter of finishing up what decorating I want to do and shopping for gifts. It was too darn cold today to do what I had hoped with the outside of the house. It will have to wait. Worse, after saying that we would have some sunshine and no rain until the weekend….THEY LIED!!! We have a 50% chance of rain tomorrow. *Sigh*
In spite of this all, the idiot (me) still feels wonderful and happy. I get this way around Christmas anyway. I don’t get all depressed when it’s over either. I’ve seen other people get that way once the Holidays are over but I seem to stay happy. Like I said, I am an idiot I guess. Bratfink says I am too nice (?). Well, that’s her opinion. Maybe the two things are tied together somehow. Oh well. I can’t worry about that. I feel like Alfred E. Neumann sometimes. For those of you that aren’t familiar with him, he’s the *What? Me worry?* character from Mad Magazine. Either blissfully ignorant or incredibly optimistic. Take your pick.
Love you all. Have a great day. Be happy. Love your life because it’s the only one you get.
