So I might be flying out to see/surprise my dad for Christmas. My step-mom and I are figuring it out, but Mom's upset because it took 3 years for them to offer to fly either me or my sister out there, and Mom thinks a better gift for Dad would be to fly him over to see us for Christmas instead - because my sister won't go out to California (not that our step-mom even asked her to, which pisses Mom off even more).
Also, in better news, we may have gone out and gotten our third cat tonight...
His name is Beau. (Mom's been calling him Beau-Regarde because he's a tuxedo kitten with a white patch on his chest that reminds her of a bow.)