holiday wrap up

In the end, I had a good time. Staying at Carl's house though it was still warm and still noisy (barking dog rather than 4+ tv/radio channels) was infinitely better than grandma's house. We still went to see her for a bit everyday and I sadly gave up watching the gooners get their butts handed to them to watch last year's Grinch movie with her. I imagine that mom's still in for some emotional manipulation/guilt tripping for a while, but I'm hoping this will be the year she gets out.

Dasher on the right up there with Rommel had a time. I'm not sure if it was a good time, as he wanted to play but only until Rommel started barking and then the barking would freak him out. He also only wanted to play if I was there for backup. Apparently anytime I left they both just fell over and slept. We did leave them alone to see the movie and they didn't destroy anything, so I'm hoping Dasher now understands that it can be done.

( Saw Star Wars. )

I also made mom watercolor with me, and she seemed to have an all right time. Now I have her flower picture to hang on the wall to remember this holiday and how it wasn't actually the worst.

Now to start taking down all the decorations. . . ugh.