Well I was bummed out yesterday over nothing. My extended family's holiday party will go on as planned at our house today. A little nervous about getting things organized. I'm sure it will go fine.

[Actually I need to edit this right now. My elderly aunts and uncle will not be coming because it snowed and they don't want to travel even though I'm sure the roads will be plowed. My brother and his family are still coming from 45 minutes away. I know one of my aunts has a bunch of Xmas presents for my brother's daughters. My husband and I decided that we are not having another gathering this year after today, even though many people (five adults and two other kids) couldn't make it. Hope that is not too selfish or uncaring but we just don't feel like we should host again, plus we saw everyone at Thanksgiving. Trying not to feel too guilty about this. Good topic for my T session next week.]

My T that I saw yesterday REALLY thinks that my horseback riding lessons are crucial to my mental well being since that's about the only fun thing I do lately. I told her this month I don't know if I can afford them because I'm on a limited budget and I've already spent a lot this month so far. I do have a trust that pays for my health expenses (plus my law school loan and a small monthly stipend) and she wants to write a letter to my trustee to argue that the lessons are vital to my mental health and should be paid for. I told her we could try it, but good luck with that. The lessons are $30 a crack and just don't know if they're in the cards right now.