Christmas and wanting

[Rorey]

36. Good plan

Yes, it's those commercials that doom parents.

I have always enjoyed decorating for Christmas in the past, but this year I have done absolutely NO decorating. I'm just not in the mood. The husband and I still have nearly daily dissent over the election. I'm not going to get over it and just go back to life as usual. It was a travesty. Even after trump's atrocious cabinet picks so far, my husband STILL has hope that he's going to do okay. He doesn't have enough common sense to realize how horrible this is for our country. I'm not sure I have the patience to wait for things to play out so he can see what he voted for and appropriately repent.

Anyway, we didn't have Thanksgiving. My kids all have their own families and did things with the in-laws (with my absolute blessing). It eliminated the need for them to try to make it around to see all of the family. They were fine with it. I did make a small turkey for the jerk, even though I'm vegetarian. I did a terrible job on it. Didn't brine it. Overcooked it. Possibly on purpose. Husband said it was dry. Oops. I told him that I should probably not make one again because I have apparently lost my touch. The truth is that when something is done with anger in one's heart it probably isn't going to turn out well.

We'll likely do the usual Christmas brunch just so the family can get together for that. I'll probably do minimal decorating right before the day. So far the husband hasn't even mentioned that no decorating has been done. Maybe he knows why.