'Tis The Season

To be Jolly. Or something like that. I’ve barely started my Christmas shopping and I’m departing for Chicagoland on Friday for the holiday. But what’s far worse is my step-mother has to have chemo again on Tuesday because it looks like her cancer may have returned. Talk about a short-lived recovery! And, one of her sons was hospitalized and the doctors weren’t sure he was going to make it over night, so they returned to upstate NY from Florida for a week to be by his side. Talk about a one-two-punch.

And in other health news, my mom’s sister was recently diagnosed with MS and my mom’s brother has Parkinson’s.

Oh, and did I mention my nephew was released from prison last week?

On a brighter note, I had a busy week when Raul was in town. We attended a few Christmas parties, one of which was aboard a friend’s yacht in Newport Beach where we watched the annual Christmas Boat Parade. Various boats are decorated in different themes with lights and decorations. It’s very festive.

Celebrity sightings: Lance Bass and Bobby Brown at work on the same day; Ian Buchanan (ex-Duke “GH”; ex-James “The Bold and the Beautiful”) not once, but twice; first, at a holiday party at East/West on Santa Monica and the second time yesterday having brunch with Susan Flannery (Stephanie “The Bold & the Beautiful) at Hedley’s on Robertson.