Long needed update

Sorry I've been so negligent. I have been super busy. Then I was up in Plano for Thanksgiving where I try to not use a computer considering the use I get at work. My Nana is doing ok. The chemo made her really sick to her stomach, but I think she's pulling through ok. Her next round starts in two weeks. It's weird hearing how weak she sounds over the phone.

Two subjects:

Divorce. So, my aunt and uncle-by-marriage got divorced about 8 months ago. They were married 25 years(ish) and had two kids. Both of their kids are married and one has a child. Now, the debate comes in. If you get married when your spouse's parents are married. They tell you call them "mom" or "dad." Then, if they get divorced and one of those gets married again...do you keep calling the original Mom "mom?" If not, what do you call the dad's new wife? Is it like a stepmom where you call them by their actual name? Well, what has happened is my poor aunt has gone through this divorce. A divorce where she came home from work and the man she had been married to for 25(ish) years, asked her for a divorce and said "How quickly can this be done? Don't worry there's no one else." Well, if there wasn't, then why the rush? Then, ironically, he was engaged not a month after the divorce was finalized to a woman my aunt has called "some hussy." I can't even imagine her sorrow.

Nonetheless, the bigger debate in all this mess, is the kids were, of course, isolated. Now, my mom said she was in the room with my aunt while she spoke with one of my cousin's and his wife about my Nana's illness. Then, after a week, neither of them had visited Nana. They only live about 2 hours away. So, my mom wondered why they weren't visiting. I'm friends with the wife on Facebook, so I asked her why they weren't visiting. She said that "mom" hadn't told them until this past Sunday (at the time two days prior to my email to her) and that "mom doesn't communicate with us much." My mom is very confused by this since she's seen them communicate twice in the last week. Who is right then? I mean, could my cousin be taking the divorce so hard that she's saying they aren't talking when they are? It's really not like any of them to lie, so I'm stuck there. Nonetheless, my family is going through enough difficulty right now.


Second subject: sleep. I can't do it. Like, I got a lot of sleep this past holiday weekend which was great. But the week and a half before that holiday, I slept maybe 4 hours a night. I'm starting to think I would be a much better person if I could just fall asleep. But, my issue isn't just falling asleep. It's also staying asleep. When I wake up, I just start working from home, like a freak. Then, my mind is racing too much, so I can't go back to sleep. So, next Friday, I'm going to the doctor to see if I can get some sort of sleep aid. Now, when I was a kid, I had insomnia really badly, so they gave me sleeping pills. That stuff was awful. However, according to my dad who also has sleep issues, he said they have come a long way now. Like, some that do not leave you groggy. So, wish me luck with my sleep battle. I'm really hoping that I can get to sleep sometime soon.