My Mom's Birthday

Today is my mom's birthday. I had to call her all day to finally get the chance to talk to her for like 2 minutes. In that time she lamented that my brother hadn't called her yet. My brother is her favorite, but she thinks I am. Yeah right.... every time my brother doesn't call by like 9pm she starts freaking out. She blames me for things my brother does (I have proof) and so on. All my siblings agree- My brother is the favorite, I'm in the middle and my sister is last. I feel sorry for my sister... she does everything right but doesn't get any credit for it. My sister is getting her Doctorate, and my mom is going to her graduation, but my mom keeps asking me when I'm going to get my M.D. I can't get one, I know that now, but my mom seems intent on having a doctor in the family (while my sister is getting her Psy.D. -a Ph.D in psychology). So my mom's going to have her doctor, just not the one she wants. Maybe it's that it's not an M.D that's the issue? I don't know. I don't claim to know what's going on in my mom's head.
I was annoyed with my mom today... I called her when I got up and left her a message singing “Happy Birthday”. I waited a couple hours, and then texted her. I started to get worried, because my mom loves attention, and it's not like her to miss out on things like that. I called her around 6 saying to call me because I hadn't heard back from her and I was a bit worried, and I finally got in contact with her now (8:45pm). She is leaving her husband, and he's known to be violent when he's on speed (which she thinks he's back on now) and I was worried. I also have to be worried that my phone is going to be cut off, and luckily I have a backup phone. I have my computer which I can use as a phone if need be. I just want to make sure my mom is safe until she gets to LA.
I don't know... maybe I should take it easy on my mom. She does have a lot going on right now... she's breaking up with her husband of 10 years, and that's not easy. She's worried that he's back on drugs (and us kids are worried that she might be back on them too). It's just hard, not having something stable around. That's why I'm so glad for my Geo... my rock of stability in my crazy world. Yeah, we have our issues, but they are small. The big ones come rarely, and mostly are my fault (like me getting all crazy and saying I have to leave him, that God told me I have to marry this random guy in Oregon [when I believed in God]). Geo just takes most of it in stride. My mom had her version of Geo, my stepdad, and she left him. I just hope I don't make the same mistake.
Food today wasn't that good... I was low on calories again. Maybe it's another make-up day for the buffet, but I don't know. I keep having trouble meeting my calorie goals. I'm just not hungry. I've been getting a lot of acid reflux, and that's not helping. I should see my doctor. I have an appointment, but I'm afraid he's just going to say it's my IBS and shrug it off. It's not my normal doctor... I can't afford to see him. I have to go to the clinic and see one of their doctors. I have an appointment, but it's at 9am. If you know me, that's like at 2am for a normal person. I will see how it goes as the day approaches. I can get up at 8:30 when I have to see my therapist, so I might be able to do it for another day. I just need lots of coffee. I hope it's not on a day when I have to work, or if I do that I can go in early and just do my hours and go home and nap, nap, nap. Crap. It is on a day I have to work, but maybe I can get something worked out ahead of time.