Thanks for stopping by over the long weekend. In response to your questions,
1) My mom is doing much better. The dr. instructed her to start putting weight on her leg and start weening herself from the boot. This was pretty good, considering. She also has osteoporois, but in the very early stages. This scared her at first, but considering she is 79, I explained that everyone faces this as they age and it's nothing to fear so long as she takes her meds, extra calcium, and excerisizes (of course I've given her the same speech for all of her other ailments, but she never seems to get the excercise part...).
2) Thursday was great for me. I spent it with myself, just dinking around, which is exactly what I needed. I went to see "Bobby"...take tissues.
3) Paper was so-so, but it's over. It was a smaller assignment, and I'm still barely hanging on to an A, so all is well.
4) Black Friday was a bust. None of the ads had anything I was looking for, so SO and I just slept in instead.
Friday night we went karaoking (yes, I'm sort of singing now with him on a couple of duets). Saturday was quiet night in with dinner and a DVD. Sunday was a trip to his dad's for lunch. His dad's family just really likes me. Unfortunately I can't say the same for his mom's family, but I'm not worried about it.
Reality check, please (from Martians, especially) on something.
SO has moved from saying things ending in "...and spend the rest of my life with you..." to saying, "...and a long, long, long (did I say long?) time..."
Is this some Martian back-peddling? I still do not bring up the marriage thing and always let him be the one to bring it up. Thoughts?
Unfortunately I can't say the same for his mom's family, but I'm not worried about it. 
