Good things do happen sometimes.

I woke up early this morning, and came downstairs to check email. To my honest surprise, my sister decided to finally apologise to our mum! She sent quite a nice email, and had copied me in. I was very proud of her, and I did write to her and I told her so. Who knows? Maybe this is the beginning of some long overdue healing between them. I consider this a breakthrough.

It’s been long, busy day, I finally arrived home after a stop at the shops first, and only a few minutes ago, I finally had a chance to have a quick chat with my mum. I asked her if she had seen her email today, and she said, “well, ye-es, actually, I did receive couple of emails from Brenda….” I asked if she had had a chance to answer them yet, and she hemmed and hawed a bit, “well, no-o, I wanted to tidy for you so that all would be nice for Caroline, and I wanted to do…..(this and that and the other thing) and it was running late, and…..” I noodged; “Mum, you need to answer Brenda. She’s becoming hurt that she keeps reaching out and doesn’t hear anything from you.”
At this, her voice rose and pointing her finger, softly hammered her chest, “She’s hurt! What about me! I was hurt when she didn’t even arrange to take me to the airp…”
“Stop!” I interrupted, “I know about that, we’ve been over it a thousand times. Don’t go there anymore, Mum! Just answer your daughter!”

Now, I am absolutely aware that speaking to my mother like this could go over like a lead balloon, but somehow she took it fairly well. I’m going to have to be more strict in future. It seems to be working.

Meanwhile, I had a dismal food day. Actually the food was nice, but dismal if you’re looking at it from a Weight Watchers points point of view. Once I finally get the hang of the points, I will switch to what they used to call “Core”, and now call “Filling Foods”. I just want to be paying attention for awhile until I’ve absorbed the points lesson, or, the point of the the points!

That’s it from me for today. I have three movies to watch while I wait for Caroline. Well, two, actually one was requested by Roseanne and Jessica, who seem to be on speaking terms. The movie they asked me to rent is “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”, which, oddly, doesn’t appeal to me.

I have rented “Australia” and “American East”. I am about to start “American East” - it won’t appeal to Neil and my mum or the girls, although if it’s any good, I guarantee they’d enjoy it. They’ve watched a lot of the indie flicks that I’ve brought home over the years, usually after great protest and quite frequently they ended up liking the film. They’re pretty well rounded in their film repertoire, although they don’t know it. No, I’ll save “Australia” for when Neil gets home. He’s visiting a friend tonight, not the elderly guy who used to be our neighbor, but a friend he used to work with when we first arrived. It’s a guys night out. They both like hockey, and I think Neil could use a break from all the women in this house.

Neil is not looking well, and I’m worried about him. He’s too thin, and he looks tired and worn. I have to make a plan. First thing tomorrow, I’m buying him some moisturiser (unscented Oil of Delay?). I’ll be making a doctor’s appointment for him next week, and he’s going to start taking vitamins whether he likes it or not. I’m going to up our fish intake.

Yes, I know. I’m becoming extremely bossy. It feels quite nice!