A/N: Not a chapter, but hopefully soon. Just an update. Christmas music season ended this last weekend, with the last performance I was in. I still have one solo to go, but that doesn't require extra rehearsals and driving back and forth to them. I can rehearse myself in the car while doing my normal stuff. So, the schedule that's been crazy the last month and a half with said extra rehearsals and prep work should be lightening up.
Dad is not doing well at all. He just got released from another week-plus in ICU. He wants the usual full Christmas Eve family function at his house we've done for years, everybody coming, totally a "normal" year, although personally, I'm convinced it will probably be his last Christmas. He's been fighting this cancer for over four years, but this last few months have been very unstable, and its teeth are getting sharper. I'm driving up to that function on Christmas Eve, but I do have the entire day off work, and I will try to get home by dark to do chores on the farm, so there will be a few hours that evening before going to bed. If I'm not too worn out from the day, emotionally as much as physically, I'll write up the next chapter then. It's a Jensen session, and I always enjoy those, even more because Jensen reminds me of Mom. Even if it's not then, it shouldn't be too long to the next update.
Merry Christmas to everyone. Enjoy your existing relatives if you still have them, enjoy good memories if you don't, and if you don't have good memories, do something special, whatever that would be for you, and start making some.
