Reply #48: Already on it

[Mabus]

I live in a college town. I wandered over to the next block yesterday to where them thar college kids have a party house and picked something up that has made me feel very mellow. The good news is dad has delayed his trip. I think he finally checked the weather report and decided he didn't want to drive up in the rain.

But, more than anything, I think I just needed to get that little rant out. I was, as my husband likes to say these days, "as nervous as a Republican in the House." My dad has one problem, he's never really gotten over the fact that I was born a girl. Oh well, he's mellowed out a lot since mom died. I've been having a nice holiday period. We had an orphan's Thanksgiving. People dropped in and out all day. We've been going to a lot of holiday parties and running into old friends. It's been so nice I think I was having an anxiety attack all day yesterday waiting for him to pop-up.