From Day to Day to Day

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Tonight is my last night without Alan!

He’ll be home tomorrow. No shock that I’m excited. I have Pippa’s dress all ready to go. In the morning I’m going to put on some chicken and dumplings in the crock pot, change the bed sheets, do laundry, and dust. Then in the middle of the afternoon, the doors will open at the SEC and we’ll spend a couple hours socializing while we wait. I’m going to cut up some cheese and grapes and toss some Mum-Mums in a bag so Pippa can eat while we’re there. I’m debating about whether to bring a bottle or not. Theoretically we shouldn’t be there for her last bottle of the day and she doesn’t really eat much when we’re out anyway. So maybe I’ll skip it and save space in the bag for toys. I’m definitely bringing a blanket, a couple toys, and maybe the Boppy. I hope I can get a seat on the floor so Pippa can crawl around. Then again, Cassie should be there selling t-shirts, so maybe I’ll sit by her table. I guess it depends on where everything is happening.

Apparently Katie just up and R-U-N-N-O-F-T, to quote "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" She packed up the stuff that was hers and Claire’s and left. Left the apartment wide open too. Pez had to have a friend go over an lock it. She deactivated her Facebook account, but when I searched by her maiden name (very unique), she comes up with the last name Brown, which is apparently her ex’s name. Dan’s already filed divorce papers. For the time being he has to pay her something like 66% of his BAH. I think he’s going to fight having to pay her any alimony and he won’t have child support because Claire isn’t his. I did offer to write a letter to whatever official body saying that I saw her with someone else as far back as August. The fact that she’s already using her ex’s last name doesn’t say much in her favor either. I just hope this doesn’t completely screw Pez over. I would hate to see him paying to support her when she did something that low class and shitty.

I’m not sure what happened with his truck. He may have had the same friend move it. Dan is coming home the day after Alan, so I’m not sure if he’ll need a ride home or not. I feel really bad for him. I mean, really… How trashy can you get?

I’m thinking about doing a mini-Thanksgiving once they’re home though, so maybe he can join us.

Christmas is coming! I’m just waiting on the delivery of one last present – a wooden puzzle elephant for my grandmother that was back-ordered when I put in the order for everything else I got from that site. I also ordered some boxes from the Container Store (because I didn’t want to drive up there on Thanksgiving weekend) so I should be able to wrap the last of my presents soon. I even made some homemade hot cocoa mix and put it in plastic cones with mini marshmallows to go with the Christmas mugs I bought for those people I really couldn’t think of anything for. LOL. I tried it too – soooooo rich and good. So rich that I couldn’t finish the double helping I made myself last night. Once everything’s wrapped I’m not keeping it around long. I’m going to ship it to Lisa’s house as soon as I can. I might pack a few things in my suitcase to carry there, but the heavy stuff is going in flat-rate boxes and going to the post office.

And to make my weekend complete, I found comfy pajamas with long enough pants! I didn’t really like the shirt so I’m just wearing an oversize thermal henley, which is what I usually do anyway. It’s nice to find pants that cover my ankles for once.

Pippa has been having utterly hellacious nights lately. She’ll wake up after an hour or so just crying hysterically. I can’t even pick her up and soothe her. At best I can rub her back and make shushing sounds. I hope she gets past this soon because absolutely nothing helps.

~Liz