Middle child texted yesterday that he will take me up on my offer (from before Thanksgiving) and will visit on Christmas Day and leave the next morning. Little increments at a time. I want to help him however I can to get him to a better place. He has not seen the new house, so I'm excited to show him. And honey will be going home xmas day since he works Friday. (And Saturday.) So middle won't have to interact too much with honey and won't get overwhelmed. I went out and got middle a big soup pot as a gift, since he only has a 2qt pot and a frying pan. It is so versatile, he can boil pasta, cook a roast in the oven, make a one-pot casserole, or boil a chicken for soup. I think an 8- to 10- qt pot is a must have and i think he'll get a lot of use out of it as he adapts to living alone.

Hit the carwash at 6am this morning and was able to get right in. I've been trying to get the road salt off since Saturday but the line has been crazy! On Sunday there were at least 10 cars idling in line. My time (and the environment) is more valuable than to waste that kind of time idling.

What a nice gift the court of jesters gave us yesterday, denying the deployment of the national guard against US citizens in Chicago. I was not expecting that! I'm sure it's not over though, and fully expect some sort of declaration of civil war or some other nonsense so the administration can sic the military on its citizens exercising their right to protest. We have been shown repeatedly that ICE is nothing but a bunch of lying thugs, sticking to their stories even when disproven by video. Enough! They're the ones we need to sic the military on. I know in my soul, those participating in the thuggery will get their just punishment in the end.

I got my walk in this morning. Today I plan to bake a gingerbread cake, make potato salad, get the bedding on the futon for middle, and take a shower before honey gets here. Maybe pick up dog poop since dog has developed a new disgusting habit of digging up his really old, frozen, poo and chewing on it like the disgusting dog he is. 8 years old and he starts doing this shit...with shit. Sigh.