The only thing different on Sunday for me was getting an e-card, bought the last presents on my Christmas list and making some gingerbread cookies with my mom. Some might ask, what sort of celebration is that? Well, I’m not interested in celebrating, thank you very much.
Anyway, the e-card was from my dad. it was pretty cute, made me smile and even chuckle aloud. That is something.
The shopping was to get the present for my brother. I had already gotten Mom and Dad’s gifts during the summer. I got my eldest brother’s gift around autumn and bought the gifts for my sister and “sister-in-law” on my haircut day. So, yes… the gift buying is finally over with! I wrapped them up that night and stuck all the gifts under the tree.
With those was also a gift that I helped my dad get. Mom has been talking about getting herself a laptop for a while, so Dad and I get her one. He paid for the bulk, but I added in. I still consider its Dad’s gift to her though. Since he helped me in getting the computer I am using now, in total it is somewhat evened out… the rest I consider a birthday gift since it is about the same amount my mom spent. Well, I wrapped that up too of course.
As for the cookies… We’ve never had gingerbread cookies during the Christmas season and I cannot recall ever eating a gingerbread man. I asked my mom if she would be willing to make some earlier this month out of whim. Now, making means my mom found the recipe and did all the preparations. I merely helped cut the shapes and decorate. Heh. They were good!
The forum I go to even had a thread started by a guy I am friends with (casual is anything). The three main people I hoped to see a post by all posted. That was good enough for me. Also, in the same fashion, Jill left a note wishing me a happy birthday. I’m surprised she even remembered! Now, one could say it is bad that I’m not certain what day her birthday is, but I’m that way with everyone. I know it is in June… I just have a bad tendency to get the day either one day off or adding on ten days. I do that with my Dad’s birthday and my brother’s. Sigh…
Well, with that day taken care of… now there is Monday. It was normal as well. The only thing different was… my mom’s dog went in for surgery. The sickness mentioned earlier regarding him… yeah, he needed surgery due to it. So, he is now doped up on meds, has to have pain relievers and is stitched up. He did well… but the trouble is always the healing. He’ll go in again on Wednesday to get his bandages changed, but for two weeks, we’ll have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t tear his stitches.
In other news… during the weekend my dad got a call regarding his brother. My uncle has been mentioned about having cancer in his lungs and having MS… Well, the experimental stuff mentioned? He was on chemo and recently was out on the job. He underwent temporary paralysis. Yes… it was apparently a result due to his MS reacting to the therapy. The annoying thing is, once he was able to move again he drove his way back home. (At least, I believe that is where he drove to… Yes, my memory is bad.) Well, whatever the details were, the point is the point. He shouldn’t have been driving!
Sigh…
Mom is certain he will die soon. From what she told me, it seems he called my dad and begged him to go up there to visit him. Dad meanwhile ignores this. Dad has never been good about this sort of stuff… Mom mentioned something like this happened before when it regarded his best friend in the previous state we lived in. His friend had been dying, begged my dad to come up and visit… Dad refused… It is sad. I can understand not being able to handle such a scenario… even my mom struggled with such when my grandma was ill from what I heard… but for them to be begging and him just looking the other way…
Sigh.
I don’t know what else to say after such a dim paragraph. I guess it isn’t necessary though. I have a gift to wrap for my dad anyway.. I will wrap it and stick it under the tree.
Night.