illusion_is_mine

I'm really not a fan of holidays to be honest.  Mainly because there's so much preparation involved, and overall stress that is going to the store, and getting food, and cooking.  I also think it's a combination of having to look after my mom, and doing all the cleaning, and cooking.  My dad helps, but he's pretty clueless when it comes to a lot of housework stuff.  For instance I had to show him how to wash his clothes.  It wasn't a problem, but I guess I figured he already knew.  It turns out he'd never washed clothes before so I tried to explain everything as much as I could.

Today at the store some lady kept standing right on the back of me when I was in the check out line.  I gave her sort of a "wtf are you doing?"  look, but for some reason she never moved.  So I moved as much as I could.  To be honest the lady was pissing me off.  I don't get why people are so horrible, and shitty around holidays.  Human decency doesn't go out the window just because you decided to buy stuff at the last minute.  I swear people get on my nerves.

That being said I have a few family members over right now, and they're cooking stuff for tomorrow.  I'm making the ham so it's boiling on the stove at the moment.  I'll be glad when Thanksgiving is over so things can get back to normal.  The older I get the less I enjoy holidays.  

Since I'm not sure if i'll be tied up with family tomorrow or not I wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.  

I got a little bit of Christmas shopping done today with my mom.  I bought my cousin's 2 sons Avengers action figures that I'm sure they'll love, my friend some really cute Pikachu socks that were on sale, as well as my friend's mom some Harry Potter socks since I remembered she was a huge fan.  I also bought myself a few things.  I found the cutest Pokemon tank top, and some really cute Pikachu slippers.  I also bought a Darth Vader beanie that was only $3 which was a steal.  I'll have to take pictures when I get the chance.  

I finally got the check from that Insurance company, and it was what I did a little bit of my Christmas shopping with.  I'm just glad to get a few gifts out of the way.  It feels good.

As for other things I've been really stressed about the political climate around here lately.  I decided to deactivate my Facebook page for a week or so because a lot of stuff people post on there triggered my anxiety quite a bit.  I'm just so tired of all the depressing news everywhere about Trump's election, and all the horrible hate crimes that have been happening.  Since it's the holidays I figured it would be best for me to take a break from the news, Facebook, and anything else that triggers my anxiety for a while.  My blood pressure was actually up yesterday because I was stressing so much about political stuff.  I've also been having some annoying side effects from my blood pressure medication.  Mainly lots of sweating, rapid heart beat, and just feeling exhausted.  If it doesn't improve I'll notify my doctor about the side effects.  I'll probably tell her anyway since I have an appointment on the 7th of December.  

Aside from that I've been doing good.  I've been catching up on reading Red Rising, Game of Thrones, and other books.  I've been also re-watching "Record of Lodoss War", "Kino's Journey", and a few other random anime titles.  I watched a movie on Netflix last night called "Hush" due to a friend's recommendation, and it was really good.  

I helped my mom make an apple pie earlier today for tomorrow.  It turned out pretty good!  I also helped her with some of her other cooking she had to do.  Anyway I think I'm going to go do some reading.  I hope everyone enjoys the holiday.  :)