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My mother arrived on Friday for the Westminster Dog Show, which I'd takem her to two years ago, and I'd volunteered to do so again this year - sometimes my mouth runs ahead of my brain, as while I love dogs, and dog shows are kind of neat, they're really not something I enjoy all that much, and having my mother here from Friday to yesterday was just *way* too much. My tolerances for her standard level of rantiness, and the delicacy with which she needs to be handled have gotten very low - I think I spent all the energy I've got for here when she broke her hip on a visit here 3 years ago, and stayed for 8 weeks. (oh, gods. she tripped and fell on 1st street on Monday, and I nearly had a stroke.) My sister and a couple of friends of my parents have been having especially dramatic lives of late, so my mother would just go on these roaring rants about them, leaving me blessedly silent, if half-deafened.

I'm exhausted, as it takes a lot to keep her entertained, and she prefers to spend the mornings sitting and talking, doing errands and other such daily housework I need to do later in the day (when the crowds are worse - wtf?) and *always* wants to stop at a cafe for at least an hour, so my days ran late, and started early. I didn't even intend to be awake yet today, but the phone rang at 9am, and I found myself wide awake. That's not so bad, as I did a little housework, and now intend to spend the rest of the day relaxing, as I went to bed with a splitting headaches every night this past week, and am still in some residual pain. Just stress, I suppose, my teeth have been tightly clenched in my sleep, which always makes my head ache.

iswari, I'm not going to Morocco's tonight, but I'll be at Serena's Tuesday.

I managed to pick up character shoes (dance shoes with a heel, I need them for flamenco) and some leotards the other day, so I'm all set to begin flamenco Monday, along with trying out my local yoga studio, which I *really* hope I like. A studio in Manhattan would just present too many logistical problems, and on the plus side, there's an accupuncturist working out of this studio, who offers stop-smoking treatments for 40$ (I should be out of cigarettes by Monday). So this week I jump in with both feet. That should help with the smoking, actually - lots of changes to routine, lots of being out and about. I just hope I don't get too crazed.