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All is well.. turkey... yum... Kids are playing nicely...

I'm exhausted but it's nice, sort of. I'm glad moomin will have this as a cool memory.

Still. Once a year seems sufficient!!!!!!

I think I'm driving my mominlaw up the wall! She took me to get pillows! She tolerated my raised eyebrows over her "carrot soup" style gravy! She sees right through me! I feel like such a brat.

Auntie C. has completely won Moomin's heart by making various small plastic animals have funny conversations. I'm so tired from cooking that I have no more energy left to play.

Oh... the playd0ugh-making was way hectic. jeeez. I've done it before - even with 3 kids all together - and it was peaceful - calm - relaxing - no hassle. Somehow these guys, combined with the weird "gel" food c0loring (which sucked - I don't recommend it) meant instant chaos and insane mess. All surfaces were instantly covered with dye including, somehow, the tablecloth which was under a solid layer of plastic. Insane. It was extremely high stress and all the cousins have Moomin's finicky impulse of "oh no my hands are dirty!" so they had to wipe them and wash them a lot and then would go back to squirting this stuff that was like cake icing all over the whole universe.

Plus, constant picking up after 4 kids. I am ignoring the baby. When there are 4 if you don't pick up their toys all the time they trip on it -- and there is very little clear open space anyway. so... constant washing, wiping, picking up, crawling around... I actually just had to as i know my mominlaw's hands etc. are hurting from arthritis and she never ever stops bustling around doing shit. she likes it that way but it gets to me after a while and i have to get up and help. A quality i never had until fairly recently.... Alas tthat Rook was sleeping the whole day so did not see my shining moments of thoughtful kindness - they may never come again...

I'm so virtuous and diligent today. I can hardly stand it! What will happen tomorrow? can i do it for one more day? I'm not sure. Oh, to run off and see SJ again. Or even my aunt J. who is apparently in town. though the thought of seeing her gross husband... no... maybe I'll just shut up and keep picking up the tinkertoys.

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[GarGyrrl]

In fact, I'm even more sure I really love my family more now.