The Week Ahead

It's Christmas week. Joshua is off of school, my mother is getting her teeth pulled for dentures, Christmas eve is at our house this year. Jason and Joshua both have head colds. Ugh. It's going to be a long week. I want Christmas to be here and for everyone to feel well. Christmas isn't fun if you have a cold.

I have a fear that my mother will play the "All About Me" game. It's not that she doesn't do that anyway. But now that she'll be having her dentures done and recovering during the holiday, I fear it will be over the top. It's not that I don't understand that she will be in pain or that it will be difficult for her. I am not a complete hardass. I just know my mother. I know the attention she needs. I will be doing the same thing in a couple of months and will probably be a big baby about it. But I am smart enough to wait until after the holidays to do it. This is something I suggested to her as well, but she declined. That makes me feel like she may be planning the game ahead of time. This does sound awful, if you don't know my mother. But, I do. The rest of the world may believe she is the naive Virgin Mary with an untarnished shining halo over her head, but the truth is so very different from that. I love her, but I also have a relationship with her that I am constantly trying to keep on my terms. Let's just hope that Christmas is a wonderful time for all of us.

Our trip to Disney is coming soon. We are 25 days away. I can't wait. We need this desperately. We are hoping that my mother will be able to handle staying with Joshua. She is nervous about it snowing. I am nervous about her letting him run the house. And her falling or something like that. If those around us that have offered to be on stand by or do a call check-in for us, we should be able to go without a lot of worry on our minds. I think things will be fine. My therapist thinks this will be good for us and Joshua. Others that I have mentioned this to are super excited for us. It is a dream come true for us.