One thing I realized this morning: my family hasn't put much pressure on us in terms of children, because they're just so happy I'm not like my cousins (there are other reasons too that I won't go into, but this idea that I could have screwed things up and didn't still applies to those reasons too ( Read more... )

we are home.

this is good. things could have been worse, but they also could have been much better.

At least I get to sleep in my own bed tonight, and get back on my typical schedule again.

Apparently tomorrow we are on our way to New Your state for a funeral ( Read more... )

we are safely home. you may now rejoice.

more oddness with the family; still contemplating that, really.

spent most of the Christmas money getting the car fixed; there are things to do this weekend that should have started today, but are now starting tomorrow.

And my birthday is Sunday, so it'd be nice if we get most of it done tomorrow and

Went to church last night with Lauren - "Gay Church" (as it's often called) turns out to be a Metropolitan Community Church. It was nice, with candles and Christmas carols. I think I can count on one hand the number of times I've been in churches since moving to Michigan; at least this one came with all the good stuff about church, and very little ( Read more... )

... as the poorly covered attempt at stealing a cow by claiming it was a coyote

A few years back I went to visit my grandmother.

She'd had problems with some of her cows disappearing, and was pretty sure the next rancher over (her cousin) was guilty.

The phone call while I was there cinched it tho:

He called her to ask for a bill of sale for the cows ( Read more... )

One of the things that most of us realize sometime after we become adults (early on for some of us, later for others) is that parents are people too. They have their own issues, their own history, their own triggers, their own faults...but they also have good things about them, and (for the most part) they do the best they can with what they've got ( Read more... )

I am apparently the only adult in my family this weekend.

It's a damn good thing I'm in another fucking state, because if I was there, I'd be kicking several people's asses for their behavior

In the midst of all the family drama back home, not all of which I'm prepared to relate publicly, I realized this afternoon that there are little family things that are important, that we often forget until it's too late.

I ran across one today, which caught me off guard. My grandmother emailed me her butterscotch pie recipe, which I was planning to ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday,
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