Hanging out with Tommy and Jessy today has been a nice distraction and I’ve even smiled and laughed a few times. We just left Meder’s*, where god only knows what Chooch said to Santa, Tommy found ways to spin every ornament into something obscene to make up for my Pornament Party needing to be canceled last night, and Jessy gave me lots of hugs.

(*A local nursery which is bursting at the seams with overpriced Christmas ornaments, real life reindeers to feed, & elderly employees who skulk around watching your child with stern hawk eyes, but it beats braving the malls and standing in line for an hour among throngs of yuppies and their ugly-sweatered child-yups just to have a 20-second meeting with a nicotine-stained Santa.)

Now we’re on our way to Oglebay, WV to see Christmas lights. That will probably make me smile too. As long as there is hot chocolate and biting commentary involved. Glad to have non-sucky Sundays back.

Thanks to everyone who has been so sweet and caring to me since Speck died yesterday. Virtual hugs are just as special as real life hugs, and I’ve appreciated every last one.