My hand is hurting this morning. I don't know. It could be sex related. We get in strange positions, sometimes. One time she hurt her lower back, but I think it was just the mattress.

God, I hope Dad won't be calling about anything today. If he does, I ain't going. I deserve a break. And if he starts in on me being a good for nothing son then I might say he's a good for nothing dad.

I got a phone call from my Mom's Dad. And he's all about - he was never as lazy as me when he was my age - crap. God, I think his memory is going. Cause, I know for a fact that my Mom said he never got off his ass and did a thing around the house. And what the hell is she telling that man when she calls him?

She picks up on the slightest thing, and she just rolls with it. All in her damn storytelling about all the bad things I do. Would it hurt her to say something nice about me for once?

But they give my cousin hell too, who's off in the Navy. He's always complaining how he doesn't get enough sleep from all those long hours on the ship. Shit, they got to be all..."He'll never amount to anything..." So you just know they're saying the same shit about you.

Its like, why in the hell should I spend Thanksgiving with my family?

What we really need to spend our money on a very good mattress and not give a crap about my relatives. But what did Mom say when she called last night, "Remember to get your Grand-daddy a nice Christmas present." Supposedly, he's sending me money. Well, he didn't last year. And when he does you got to put it in the savings account.

And I know we ain't getting nothing from Kate's side, but she's already getting a box ready for them. She feels all guilty about not spending more time with them and shit. God, I hate this time of the year.

And now my hand's got to be all out of wack. This cold is making me feel old.

Kate got out her moisturizer last night and put it all over me. She gets a kick out of rubbing it all over my face which is not my favorite spot to rub. Other places are much more fun. And she knows which ones, too. Its just she's got to agrivate me in the beginning.

Yeah, staying home for Thanksgiving is looking right nice about now.

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