Walking Backwards

I finished my book this morning and am sad that the story had to end. I stayed up until two in the morning last night to try to finish it, but I was just too tired and read the last ten pages this morning while Nicholas brought me everything he could carry. I have quite a large pile of miscellaneous stuff on my bed right now. I am in disbelief that I had never read this book before. While reading it I realized that quite a lot could be applied to some of the political situations we are in today. Towards the end they spoke of how the middle-class thought that 'temporarily' relinquishing some of their constitutional rights would be acceptable as long as it ensured the safety of the free market. It was published in 1986 and based in a South American country they don't reveal. It transcends time and location. The lives and history of the Trueba family are so complex and intertwined, I cannot imagine how difficult this book was to compose. I could go on and on, but I know that I shouldn't.

I didn't write yesterday because I was feeling lazy and I was in a bad mood. It was my wedding anniversary and I missed my husband. I also felt overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I have to do before Christmas. My mother-in-law will be here in seven days and I have to get ready. I'm starting to look forward to a Christmas at home, though. I need to write down everything in order of priority so I can start finishing it off instead of haphazardly starting something when I remember it and then promptly deciding I should be doing something else.

I read my entry from two days ago and came to the conclusion that it didn't sound right, so I am going to make some disclaimers. I love my family, but like all families they drive me crazy. They aren't malicious people, they're actually quite nice. It is just that having them here makes my day to day life a little more complicated and I don't need more complicated right now. I don't think that I wouldn't have them come. We hardly ever get to see each other and I do miss them all. I am just really high strung and feel badly if everything isn't perfect. Hopefully, I can get over this by the time they get here and we'll have a good, lazy Christmas with lots of food.

We still haven't heard back on the final details of Joe's vacation. This is very problematic because one of the options, the one we want him to take, for his vacation starts this Wednesday. They were trying to make him feel guilty for asking for time off, but why did they give him vacation if they didn't want him to use it? I just think that it is really low of them to say that it will cause animosity among his teammates if he left to be with his family for the holidays. He has worked every holiday this year (that is why he has so many vacation days saved up). He has even missed events that aren't holidays for most people, but are important to us. He missed my first mother's day and our anniversary and quite a few other days. I guess that I am just upset that his company is implying that his job should come before his family. Anyone that thinks that should be forced to spend THEIR holidays alone.

I got my IKEA catalog yesterday and have mentally spent a small fortune on furniture and accessories. There are a few things that I am definitely going to buy next time I am in Houston. Here are some of them:
PS Brum Children's Armchair
Alfhild Cushions
Rationell Pull-out Tray with bins (for recycling)
Dromvarld Bed/wall pocket storage unit
Groto Plant Pot
I wish there was an Ikea closer to us, Houston is a long way to travel to shop. I could spend hours and tons of money there. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), we don't have much of either. We don't need any more stuff right now. As soon as the boys move out and the baby gets a little older, I'll feel free to decorate. Just a little bit before then.

Well off until later . . . a baby seems to be calling to me.