Overstuffed

Just for starters, yeah it's a "Monday", and as most people know, I am not a Monday girl…

Plus, as you know, everyone is so over Thanksgiving after they are finished being forced to give thanks, well, not forced, but "reminded" to be thankful for everything they do have that one time of year, when instead gratitude should be exercised all through the year, not just the one day we abuse the poor turkeys… but that's what America is founded on, right? Overindulgence, moving in on others' property and taking more than our share, then bitching as if we don't have enough to be thankful for. Rather than stay on that particular soapbox, I will just give a small overview of my holiday (some of this may come off like bitching, but I assure you it is not bitching, unless of course I am bitching then there may be some bitching in the post, but don't worry, those parts are sure to be "Bitchin!!" because I am 200% awesome… no matter what I am doing.

[switching to "third person"]

When we last saw our superhero, she was suffering from issues with the Sciatic nerve, which were being tended to by visits from the Chiropractor. These visits seemed to be helping somewhat, though she is still having to rely heavily on Naproxin, and having bouts of pain in the leg and hip. One might say that the Chiropractor isn't helping much, but our girl is trying to give that a chance. With increased activity, and the adjustments along with proper nutrition, Jax thinks this will knock itself out soon.

Meanwhile, she returned to her village to take time out from saving the world to celebrating Thanksgiving with the family. She made her arrival to her Mother's house on Wednesday night, where she helped prepare, and cooked some, finally contributing one hell of a "German Chocolate pound cake", which she made from scratch thanks to a dear friend's grandmother's recipe.

The holiday was significantly less crowded this year, Mother, all three sisters and one of the brother-in-laws were the only attendees. All the grandchildren, and their families made other, more titillating plans, and regretfully (i'm sure) missed out.

The food was okay, but not like their usual family meal, as Mom has lost all interest in going to much trouble. She ordered one of those made-to-order meals from the local grocery store. She has partly lost interest in most things because she has never really recovered well from losing Dad, and then just a couple months or so back, she was diagnosed with COPD, and has really just not felt up to a lot, and tries not to overdo it.

Ah really, who could blame her?

So, after spending the night, watching "Grease" with Mom, helping cook, clean and having a semi-relaxed dinner with the Sisters, Jax was relieved and surprised by the lack of political confrontation at said dinner. Everyone continued on through the extended weekend, which for Jax was relatively boring, taking pain meds, watching re-runs, and returning to hobble around trying to save the universe.

[switching back to first person]

So now it's back to a regular Monday morning, trying to get things done.

Today began as a rainy day here in the river city, so of course the commute in to work was pitiful as usual, as our infamous "Memphis Drivers" can best be described as "Instant moron, just add water."

Therefore, even though Thanksgiving is over, I am grateful… grateful that I made it in to work on the conveyor belt of idiots that IS our interstate system, and glad just to be… Me (even with all my baggage) Just Jax.



 Video of the week that I adored… so cute!! I love animals.