Catching Up

My life can be so weird. Let me start off a few days ago. I was hanging out at Carmen's on Tuesday. Q was having their annual Thanksgiving Party (which is a really small group of people outside of the employees, the employees and their dates) and Carmen and I were getting ready at her house. It was about 8:30 when the phone rang. I picked it up, a girl asked for Carmen and I asked who it was; it was a woman I had not spoken to in over a year. She and I had once been friends, but I hurt her deeply and we had only seen each other twice since then. I have thought many times that I need to figure out how to make amends, but I have yet figured out how you properly apologize for betraying someone's trust and then dodging it for a year. So, suffice to say, I was a little nervous when I handed the phone off to Carmen and she found out that this woman was having serious trouble with her boyfriend. They had broken up (and I am pleased to say that they have worked it out since then) and she needed her friends to rally behind her. I told Carmen I would go home and let them have the evening together but Carmen insisted that I should stay and that we would all be fine. She was right. Although it was a little awkward in the beginning, we ended up having a really nice evening at Q, with an open bar and a full crab fest; we all just ate and laughed and drank and had a really good time. The woman and I even talked some, had some jokes, and relaxed around one another. At the end of the night she told me she would like to get together to talk sometime and try to get past, well, the past. I think this is a really good idea. I will be calling her soon to hang out.

Skip ahead to Wednesday night. I spent HOURS baking. I made a Pumpkin Pie, a Peach Cobbler, a Pecan Pie, and something called a Pumpkin Crumble. I was up until one AM baking. Then up the next morning topping everything off. On Thanksgiving we went to my sisters house. Carmen and I got there early to help set up. We only had 20 people this year so it was nicely spaced out. We had a great evening. We had wonderful food and great company. All I can really say is that I felt something missing, or rather three something's missing all night. I had Carmen there, and all my family, but I was really missing the three I had with me last year. I can honestly say that last year was my favorite Thanksgiving ever. This year was lovely, but I ached inside for the missing ones.

Woke up late today and headed to my dad's house to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Again we feasted on crab. It has been a very yummy week. We exchanged gifts and hung out just chatting up politics. Always at dads house...we also went through the photo album from my brother Hunter's Barmitvah. Wow, I take some scary pictures, damn. There were a few great ones with Andrew and Doug that I requested copes of for my site. I should have them around New Years. I also ordered a ton of Andrew with Madison and Austin and Hunter. I had to get my share of those, man I miss Andrew. I feel like I lost my kid. My friends make fun of me, but I can't help it.

I went home after that to pick up my kitty Max from the vet. He had major surgery and was just allowed to return home this evening. I wanted to go out with my friends tonight but he needed me here to be with him so I am kicking it in my house for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow is a surprise party for a friend of mine who just passed the bar and then a tree-trimming party at Ritchie and Jerry's. The fun never stops, and damn I am tired.