Wednesday, December 31, 2025

     There are 7 of us in the house this week and two bathrooms.  My bathroom and the other bathroom for the six of them. Not fair.  They can use mine but it is set up for my bladder issues and is awkward. In emergencies they will risk it. We only have one shower and 7 people who want to shower. No solution here. We have our favorite living room chairs and blankets. We move up to more comfortable chairs as people leave the room. I have the most comfortable chair.

     I stay at home while the others go to the annual extended family lunch in San Juan Bautista. I am not sick, just a bit fatigued and weak. I am damaged rather than ill from the six surgeries and many treatments. Maybe next year I can attend.

     In the late afternoon we watch WARRIORS, a weird, funny thriller. Very intense and the images stay with me through the night. Later I watch a Rachel Maddow special in Los Angeles. The others slowly leave the living room for other parts of the house.

     I start reading the new book by Louise Penny, THE BLACK WOLF.  Now I have started three books. I can’t finish what I start. The books are piling up again.