Sunday, November 23, 2008

Hello, my name is Jennifer, and i'm a bloggict (blog addict)

It seems like the busier or more stressed I am the more I blog. It's a conscious effort to avoid doing all the work I need to get done. I know. That doesn't make much sense, but think of blogging as my way of coping with stress, just as an alcoholic needs his booze. See, when I put it that way blogging isn't really that bad of an addiction!
Hopefully this week won't be the one I take up drinking! Thanksgiving is always a two edged sword for me. We always spend it with Kaleb's family (at least 12 out of the past 13 years). I like and get along with most of them individually, but when they get together it can all be a little too much. One year, previous to my joining the family, there was actually a physical confrontation and it wasn't even between the guys, it was his mom and his sister-in-law.
Somehow in such cramped quarters (a mansion could be considered cramped quarters with the forty people in his family that come) small things, like a baby crying or a tif over a movie, blows into gargantuan proportions that results in shouting and people stomping out of rooms. I have a feeling that tensions are going to be running high this year as his dad's estate has finally entered probation. I am going to just try and keep my cool, keep my head down, and spend some time cruising around town. Pray for me :)

Hopefully, it doesn't come to this!!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

I understand...only sometimes it's my own family. Add twenty to forty extra people to any situation. Stir and set to simmer and someone is going to say something that will start something bigger.

Good Luck

Heidi and Robert said...

Does any of Kaleb's family read your blog? You're daring to put this in writing. Good luck!

Jennifer said...

There are a couple that very rarely visit the blog and then there are a few that I have made certain do NOT know it even exists! Hopefully it stays that way, or I might be in trouble! LOL!

Anonymous said...

Hope you survived the relatives. You got a lot more to deal with before the holidays are over..hee hee

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gantfamily said...

wow..that was funny :) I hope everything went well and there was no bloodshed!

Love ya
Jessie