*sigh* Family.

met mom for lunch in belden before rushing off to aunt connie's for the traditional pearson-get-together. once again i was the outcast who no one acknowledged, or when they did it was to patronize my current life ambitions in a way that made me want to push away from the "table" and construct my own--alone--just to prove i could do it. watched The Women with Mom and Russ, then stayed up late enjoying the solidarity of my book and last-minute gift-making...