in other news, thanksgiving was ... thanksgiving. as usual. all in all it was really great, but there were many bumps in the road. i had this whole entry written, but then i realized it was going to be exactly like everyone else's post-tday entries and i trashed it. ack! i will rather sum up tday thusly: food, family, crying, laughing, reading, napping, vegging. you know, the usual.

we did have an ... episode ... with my mom. it was not pleasant. my mom is so ... complicated. but that is no excuse for making my sister cry. my sister who tries so unbelievably hard. but on the other hand, you have my mom ... who is very sad, alone, somewhat thorny inside in a melancholy way. it's quite stereotypical, no? a family fight on thanksgiving? it's like a bad sitcom. and i feel that i've got to figure out how to handle the situation. why me? well, bc i'm the one who has always done it. it's my role in the family, for some reason. regardless, it's coming to a head; i can feel it. it's like ella sings, "something's gotta give".