Shadowchaser ~ thanks for the hugs!
My holiday's become a bit off and odd, but that's not necessarily abnormal with my family, I just grew accustomed to dealing with my ex's "normal" family over the last several holidays. My mom "had to leave" and that's another story which I'll tell elsewhere, but I feel GUILTY today for laying my emotions on my sister, who is not accustomed to my behavior. She was pointedly asking me huge trigger questions and I freaked out (as in, I told her I would no longer argue and was ending the conversation. Waited 10 minutes to simmer and said, going to bed). I don't want to alter my relationship with her, however, she has no clue what I'm feeling (she does know the facts), and she is pregnant, so I don't want to burden her. It's just crappy but I expected as much, so yeah, I feel crappy. And my birthday's in a week and, well, I don't want it to suck, but I'm feeling dread. Again.