Family time
Surprise trips to Florida two weekends in a row. This coming weekend, going to Gainesville to see my mother and sister. Next weekend, with the family of my beloved. How exciting. How exhausting.
But really, I'm happy to get the family time. I do miss being part of a family and having Sunday dinners and whatnot. But even my family isn't the same anymore.
Parents divorced when I was 16. In no way was it amicable. They can't manage to act enough like adults to spend time in a room together without holding their breath and averting their eyes. So, every holiday involves shuffling between a "mom holiday" and a "dad holiday." Mom is low-key and relaxed. Dad holiday involves his new lady and her insufferable extended family of idiots and miscreants.
Well, you can't go back. And it probably wasn't as good as you remember it anyway. So, weekend trip it is.
But really, I'm happy to get the family time. I do miss being part of a family and having Sunday dinners and whatnot. But even my family isn't the same anymore.
Parents divorced when I was 16. In no way was it amicable. They can't manage to act enough like adults to spend time in a room together without holding their breath and averting their eyes. So, every holiday involves shuffling between a "mom holiday" and a "dad holiday." Mom is low-key and relaxed. Dad holiday involves his new lady and her insufferable extended family of idiots and miscreants.
Well, you can't go back. And it probably wasn't as good as you remember it anyway. So, weekend trip it is.