Thanksgiving was good. Went home to visit the family. L drove me, and stuck around for Thanksgiving. Got to visit with family and family’s significant others. And L.
L’s a great guy, and he’s been my friend for years. But because he’s homeless, this weirded out Mom a little. However, Mom got to know him, and now she has no problem with him, as I expected. Mom's cool.
Grandma will take a lot more work; and she’s too set in her ways to change. Unfortunately, a lot of those ways annoy me. Her anti-Mexican bigotry, her passive-aggressive comments, her obsessive fascination with celebrity gossip, her complaints that I never wear shoes, and her obvious favoritism towards me at the exclusion of my siblings, all bug me. I love her, but her anti-intellectual habits don’t make it easy.
I haven’t got a lick of homework done this weekend, which isn’t good. Dead week should be insanely busy. I’m only up to chapter 11 in Bill Clinton’s autobiography; it’s interesting. But so much of my time has been spent watching movies I’ve seen already. I feel like I’m wasting time here; I guess this would be a better vacation if I didn't have so much still to do.
But on the negative side… internet access sucks without broadband. I’ve been spoiled.