Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving at the church today. I had a few nice surprises. And it was definitely nice not doing all the cooking and cleaning afterwards. The first surprise was that Aaron decided to go with me and hang out for a while. It was really nice having him there with Spence and Mark. I missed Katie so much too, but I was glad at least Aaron decided to come with me. He made a lot of people laugh and smile doing his magic tricks. And he’s so good. He really enjoys doing it for kids, and I enjoy watching him so much. I didn’t want to miss a minute, even to go get my camera. Spence hung out with some girls his age, and Mark was off playing with a new friend. All in all it was a nice Thanksgiving.
Afterwards in the kitchen I worked with some women to clean up. Learned secrets of the church kitchen - like where things live (anywhere they can find space) how to drain the dishwasher, and that the garbage disposal is lethal! But it was nice and I enjoyed that time too. And the boys were having so much fun that I didn’t see them until almost the very end.
One more thing happened that was really kind of cool. A guy was at the kitchen window where the dishwasher/sink are and was talking to Phylis when I walked up. I really haven’t been too interested in men or dating at all, but he was really cute and didn’t seem too young. He’s an artist, and we started to talk. We both do photography, he does it well enough to live off of. It was a fun talk, and he told me about his gallery opening, making sure that I knew when and where at least a couple times. I thought about going, but then kind of let go of it, but then I walked out of the kitchen and he was standing and talking to some other people and as I was looking there was this long sort of stare between us. He didn’t really want to stop any more than I did. Or maybe it’s all in my head and he was staring at me wondering what on earth I was staring at him for…
I don’t know but I think I’m going to go to the gallery.
Finally, I woke up this morning with money on my mind. I don’t know what I’m going to do about Christmas, or even getting us through everything next month. It hasn’t helped at all that all that is on TV is all the big sales tomorrow. It really sucks. With everything I have to pay, I just don’t see how I’m going to be able to buy anything for anyone. I keep thinking things will work out… but it really sucks. All I want for Christmas is the ability to buy my children at least a couple nice things they want….
