So much...too much

It's been a heck of a week in absolutely all fronts.  Andrew and his mom arrived here Monday evening, and that was the last day our lives weren't crazy until today.  Tuesday I had to work quite a bit both on school work and at the church, in addition to a meeting.  Then Wednesday was more of both, and the meeting was much more lengthy.  Additionally, there was some shopping and things that needed to be finished up, and since Andrew was working at baseball practices and athletic events that lasted hours on end, I was the one that needed to handle it.  Yesterday we were supposed to go to my mom's house and be helpful, but she decided she wasn't up to it.  Goodness knows what condition her house will be in for Christmas, but I can't worry about that because there is nothing I can do about it.  Instead of helping, she had me drive up there and run some errands for her.  I'll be honest, I was exhausted but did appreciate a bit of quiet for several hours.

Then last night "hit" in many different way.  We had a winter storm come through that dropped the temps by 40 degrees in six hours (the bulk of the drop was in just a few hours).  Then the rain turned over to snow, and the winds picked up to actually allow us to reach blizzard status for a few hours.  Everything is basically shut down for 24 hours, and we weren't sad that all activities for last evening and today are cancelled.  In the meantime though, our family heard from Robert, and it was pretty awful.  There had been some miscommunications between all the kids, and he decided to absolutely attack me in verbal ways that while not surprising, certainly were hurtful, and he decided to draw in others as well.  It's been a very, very long time since we had an evening filled with that much drama, and drama that was completely unnecessary.  Thomas was concerned that Christmas would be ruined, and I assured him it was days away and we'd all feel better after a good night sleep.

Today the windchill is in the -30's for the entire day, and we are grateful for a 100% completely unscheduled day.  Since there is no where to drive, Andrew and I have even allowed ourselves a daytime drink.  It's a wonderful day to be stuck here with family and our Christmas prep!