I’m back. Many days away from work, and now my last day is winding down. I don’t want to go back tomorrow.
The wrapup:
Thursday night, my aunt and two cousins came for a visit. I impressed them with my culinary skills with potato soup. My dad impressed them with his car, taking the girls for a [...]
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It’s Thursday now, which means my lovely week is inevitably winding to its end. I never have enough time for all the things I want to do.
Tuesday:
We had a family cookout. My brother and his wife came over with their kids. Full and always sleepy, I wanted to lay down on the ground, and grabbed [...]
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Dad’s fourth child, Vega
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Today, my dad and I were supposed to take his beloved fourth child, Vega, to have its new hood painted.
The guy who was supposed to paint it for him flaked out on him.
Dad took the day off, so that part was wasted.
What wasn’t wasted was good father-daughter time.
We took [...]
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Well, I finally sorta caught up on my sleep. Even though I stayed up really late, Michigan time.
I’m enjoying my family so far.
The highlights:
Pretending that my niece and nephew were scaring me with a couple of skeletal-like hands that their Grandma D scares them with.
Pretending that I stole my two-year-old niece’s nose. She totally didn’t [...]
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When 3 a.m. is not a bad time to be awake: when you still haven’t gone to bed, after playing video games all night.
When 3 a.m. is a bad time to be awake: when you went to bed two hours ago and your plane leaves at 5 a.m.
You’ll sleep on the plane: No, you won’t. [...]
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In a few hours, I will be on a plane, heading to Michigan to visit my family and friends.
I’m sorta procrastinating on the whole packing business, which I didn’t intend to do. I did all my laundry earlier. Now I have to see if I can cram everything I want to bring in one [...]
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Part of the glory of living next to the pool is well, living next to the pool.
But much of it is not glory. At my computer, I can hear everything like it’s three feet away.
Right now I am listening to a kid who as been crying for five minutes. Five minutes. If it’s not whining [...]
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