I may have a good meal today. I may have chicken noodle soup with peanut butter sandwiches.

[Kaleva]

When dealing with my ex, one never knows.

The plan was I was to have Thanksgiving dinner at my ex's with the rest of the family. Earlier this week we went shopping and got what was needed and she was supposed to have come and got me yesterday so we'd work together getting some of the food ready for today. But she never showed and she finally called me last night in a very down mood. She didn't want to deal with the stress of preparing the meal and wanted to skip it but she was worried that her family would be very upset with her. I told her it was no big deal and if she didn't want to do it, it was fine with me. She then said she'd talk to her family and ask them and sh'e get back to me in a few minutes to let me know.

She didn't call back so I don't know what's going on. If it's peanut butter sandwiches and chicken noodle soup for me today, that's fine. I just go with the flow.

Edit: I'm not actually restricted to just having chicken noodle soup today if the Thanskgiving dinner doesn't happen. I have plenty of ingredients here where I could make a stew or sloppy joes' or a chili or rice or just plain Ramen Noodles if that's all I care to have.

2nd edit: I just tried calling her but there is no answer so I guess the meal is off as it was to be at 2 this afternoon and that's with getting some of it ready last night. While I don't care about the dinner itself, it does kind of bug me that I'm left hanging not knowing what's going on. One advantage of being divorced now is that I'm not dealing with this kind of stuff every day anymore.

[hlthe2b]

1. I'm not doing the family thing either this time around...

and content I am to have whatever I want to have, whether a taco salad, my special strawberry peanut butter smoothie, or the half pound of very over-priced roasted turkey breast I have left from last weekend's impulsive buy at Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck).



May all have a wonderful day, whether with family and friends or chilling solo.

[HopeHoops]

2. Sorry dude, but that's really sad. I've only been married once but had a few chicks leave me.

That "once" is still in effect, mind you. Hang in there. And there's nothing wrong with ramen noodles. I can't invite you over today (we eat on Friday), but I'll be thinking about you. I hope that helps a little.

[wendylaroux]

7. Little baby birds have left you?

[HopeHoops]

8. Cute.

[blueamy66]

3. I'm sorry

It sucks when people don't follow through.

No friends to go to dinner with?

[Kaleva]

4. Update: She just called and she's in one heck of a mood.

So I have to sign off and get ready as she's coming over in about 45 minutes to get me. Nothing's started yet and the kitchen's a mess she says. She's near tears but I said I'll do what I can.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[LWolf]

5. Chicken noodle soup

and p-nut butter sandwiches make a good meal in some contexts. Whatever you eat today, I hope you enjoy it.

[Kaleva]

6. Well, just got back and in the end, the day went quite well

It got off to a very shaky start but I didn't get involved in the fighting going on and just kept my cool and plugged along with what I could do. Some of the side dishes that had been planned didn't get done but that actually worked out quite well as there was very little in left overs to deal with and put away. After the meal, most of us sat in the living room and visited while enjoying fresh coffee.

While I was there, the ex told me she had run out of her mood stabilizers and one other psych med earlier this week and that pretty much explains why things were going the way they had. I told her not to worry about final clean up as I'll be back in the morning to do it all (I have her vehicle for the night) and I'll also do some other minor projects that need to be taken care of.

[HopeHoops]

9. Lamictal? It's one of the mood stabilizers often prescribed with SSRIs.

I had to keep upping my dosage and one day just said fuck it and quit. I'm better off without it. Perhaps it worked to get me adjusted to the SSRI, but it actually became more of a problem than it solved.

[Kaleva]

10. I believe that's one of the medications she takes

She called this morning and asked that I pick up her prescriptions at the pharmacy before returning to her place. So I'm just biding time now waiting for the pharmacy to fill it.

[HopeHoops]

11. I feel for you. On the plus side, at least you're on speaking terms with your ex.

Lamictal is expensive and doesn't work as advertised.