[419] and if you never hear from him, that just means he didn't call

Had a nice visit with my grandmother, even if she was too out of it for a game of crib by the end. Got lunch and a smoke and a call to her sisters in, though! Eventually went to see the Santa Claus parade because mom desperately wanted to even though they're always really lame here and we ended up getting stuck in traffic for almost an hour leaving. We managed to just make it to the movies on time and saw Bonhoeffer, because it was either that or Red One. We also got the pink Wicked popcorn and the Gladiator II colosseum popcorn bucket because WHY THE HELL NOT.

Would have been a pretty solid day had the blower motor on the van not finally died on us, basically tanking mom's upcoming trip to Edmonton to finally get her post-surgery radiation treatments YET AGAIN. I keep telling her that signs aren't real, but jfc it really seems like the universe is conspiring to keep her from going through with it for the second lumpectomy in a row! I'm so mad, she's been stressing about this trip for so long, but she was finally all ready and packed and had things squared away at work and then with 36 hours to go, OOPS, NEVER MIND, TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR I GUESS????

Ugh. Also I ate too much popcorn.

( Album #419/1001: Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now )