11/11

ok, so......i have been spending the past 5 veteran's day with my mom.....we shop a bit, eat at red lobster, and visit my dad's final resting place at camp nelson national cemetary......i scaled back our shopping stops yesterday, because the christmas gifts i seek are specialized to the point that i must find them on-line......and because i hoped to get back home in time to enjoy the rest of my day off cozily on the couch watching one of the agatha christie's miss marples i borrowed from the library......rainy days-off are meant to be enjoyed under an afghan, aren't they? there are few safe conversation topics available when i spend lengths of time with my mother....she single thread related to the election was meant with a rant about how sarah palin was overly scrutinized over those clothes that aren't even hers........and so i stuck to updates on obscure relations.....which is also frustrating, because she will remember only parts of the details...like so-and-so's son did go to college but she cannot remember where......the good news that she was able to recall was my aunt lola, who is feeling so much better after her knee replacements that she was up in trees picking apples at the family orchard during the season....my mother scoffed at the notion of lola climbing trees, but i took it as a good sign that she has not given up.....ah well.....as it is 11/12....and i do not have the luxury of spending this day under an afghan....must get dressed and get on to work...