Home
It is good to be home. It is less good to be back at work.
The family reunion went okay. In spite of Josh not coming with me, only one person was rude enough to ask me to my face if I was still married. It was really good to see my parents, brother, and sister&family again. Lachlan, my youngest nephew, is now a year old and so much more "grown up" and cute than he was at Christmas time. He is walking around, but not talking yet. Kieran (8) seems to take his role as big brother very seriously, and it was very sweet to see him helping to look after Lachlan as best he could. Tristan (10) is also noticably more grown up and has entered the world of braces. As far as the extended family... well, nobody killed each other. But as usual, there was no shortage of drama. I had a really good time talking politics with my parents during the 5 hour car ride back to Portland from Bandon, and during the weekend I talked Shippy into letting me list some of his pottery on ebay... which I will hopefully be getting to actually doing shortly.
I didn't want to come into work today though. After 5 days away and hardly even getting to talk with Josh (no internet and almost no cell coverage available in Bandon), and then not getting home until practically bed time last night... I just wanted to be at home with him for longer before getting back to the old grind.
The family reunion went okay. In spite of Josh not coming with me, only one person was rude enough to ask me to my face if I was still married. It was really good to see my parents, brother, and sister&family again. Lachlan, my youngest nephew, is now a year old and so much more "grown up" and cute than he was at Christmas time. He is walking around, but not talking yet. Kieran (8) seems to take his role as big brother very seriously, and it was very sweet to see him helping to look after Lachlan as best he could. Tristan (10) is also noticably more grown up and has entered the world of braces. As far as the extended family... well, nobody killed each other. But as usual, there was no shortage of drama. I had a really good time talking politics with my parents during the 5 hour car ride back to Portland from Bandon, and during the weekend I talked Shippy into letting me list some of his pottery on ebay... which I will hopefully be getting to actually doing shortly.
I didn't want to come into work today though. After 5 days away and hardly even getting to talk with Josh (no internet and almost no cell coverage available in Bandon), and then not getting home until practically bed time last night... I just wanted to be at home with him for longer before getting back to the old grind.