Time for another ‘what’s been going down’ entry.

I’ve had a weird pain in my jaw/neck/ear area for four days now. I think it’s a swollen gland or something. I can’t quite pinpoint the exact spot. Somewhere behind my jaw, below my ear and not quite on my neck. It’s a dull pain, but focused. It hurts worse if I lean forward or bend over. Everyone I mentioned it to and everything I read seemed to make it seem like no big deal and offered up ‘wait and see’ advice – so I’m gonna wait and see what happens. (I’m not one for medical intervention anyway.)

The mother-in-law arrived last night. Sigh. (the same in-laws mentioned here) The same rules still apply.

Today Jamie kept her out of the house for much of the day and they took the kids to Clifton Mill in the evening. I took the opportunity to slip out and finish up some X-mas shopping of my own. I busted serious ass and got shit done. Stopped at 4 different places, got a haircut and whipped through the drive-thru in about and hour and a half. I’d elaborate on purchases, but the wrong eyes might see this. I’ll do a gift update after Christmas.

Tomorrow Jamie is stuck at work, so I get to spend the day with mom-in-law by myself. Yipee-fucking-doodle.

Even better, her (by ‘her’ I mean my mother in law) brother and his wife and driving down from Michigan to surprise her. He’s a cool guy (although physically disabled in ways that make doing anything other than sitting at our place practically impossible) but his wife has the smelliest feet in the world. When we lived in PA, they lived kind of near us and I swear on my life, I could come home from work and tell she’d been by because the foot stink just lingered. They plan on staying until Saturday and my mother-in-law is leaving Sunday morning. So I got that going for me.

I started watching Seven Ages Of Rock on VH1 classic. It’s a seven part series (duh!) chronicling the history of Rock music by breaking it down into seven distinct periods/styles. A little bit of a British slant if you ask me, but being co-produced by the BBC explains why. Good stuff if you’re into that sort of thing.

I think I’m going to sit down, pop in the Simpsons Movie and wrap some presents while everyone is sleeping.