Lost Baubles and Sticky Fingers
Well my insurance company is saying that the truck can be repaired. Not sure how if the engine broke, but I don't know much about cars so I'm trying to understand. We'll see what the verdict is by the end of this week I guess. In the meantime, I have a rental (yay insurance) so I'm covered for about the next month by that. Oy.
I got a phone call today and now it has me thinking: Do I really talk about my family here? I know I have my locked posts that I whine about stuff in, but when it comes to family, have I ever talked about them? Well.... I'm not sure. So here we go.
My parents have now been divorced for a year. My mom lives in Phx and my dad lives in Daytona. My older sis is in Columbus, OH with her wife and my lil' Sees is in Phx with Mamacita until she graduates. That's the surface story. That's all that most people want (or need) to know.
Now for the iceberg that's underneath the water's surface. No particular order, just how the thoughts come out of my head.
My Mom is an amazing person. She has a Master's Degree and works as a special education preschool teacher. I'm always allowed to come home anytime, day or night, weekday or weekend, and there's always a place for me to sleep and a place for me to do laundry. She hugs me when I'm sad and calls when she can. She's been through a lot, but c'est la vie. I think I get my sensitivity from her because she's always able to tell if something's wrong with someone.
My Dad is one of the coolest people I know. When it came to my Europe trip, the rule was that I had to pull my grades back up and he would pay for it. I did it. So he paid for the trip. All of it. A lot of money went into the trip and it was taken care of by my dad, but it's not the money that matters; it's the fact that he wanted me to have an experience he was never able to have and he worked hard to ensure that I could have that experience. My dad works hard, I think that's where I get my intense need to work from. He's always taking care of others and trying to make sure that everyone's comfortable. He supports from afar and I see him when I can.
Sees and Sees-in-law are two of the most inspiring people I know. They both have degrees (Rice even has a Master's!) and are working doing things that they love. They have two wonderful doggies that I love to death and a pretty house and fun cars. I can call (though email is better) and will receive a response. They tend to get hit with the hard questions, but I think it has to do with the fact that they give me brutal answers even when I don't want to hear them.
Lil' Sees? Please don't remind me that she isn't so little anymore. She is a senior in high school now. Damn that makes me feel old. I can still remember my high school senior prom.... bah ANYWHO She's smart and funny and friendly and participates in all the things I was too scared to do. She's on yearbook staff which is so cool! She even made her own set of pages for the yearbook last year; yep, she's a natural at it! She wants to go into the medical field and I applaud her for setting such high goals.
My family isn't by any stretch of the imagination normal; we're very quirky and very vocal. Arguments can last for days and are always loud, in fact, we're loud whether we're arguing or not. We love to party; all my high school birthday parties included my dad as the DJ and my mom serving food and drinks. We had fun together. We still have fun together in our own ways, whether it's piling into a clown car or picking people up on a chair for the hora or dancing in the rain or laughing over silly jokes that only we understand. I have two parents who love me and support me and two amazing sisters who rawk my world. If you ask how I feel about my family, I'd probably answer with "yeah, we might not be normal, but who wants normal? We're fun, I'd take fun over normal any day".
Family is forever, even if we are fighting. I still love them and I still support them just like they support and love me. I know I probably don't say it nearly as often as I should, but I'm proud to be a part of my dysfunctional family, warts and all. We hold each other up and keep each other together. Best link to the past and quite possibly the only people who will stand by you in the future.
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I got a phone call today and now it has me thinking: Do I really talk about my family here? I know I have my locked posts that I whine about stuff in, but when it comes to family, have I ever talked about them? Well.... I'm not sure. So here we go.
My parents have now been divorced for a year. My mom lives in Phx and my dad lives in Daytona. My older sis is in Columbus, OH with her wife and my lil' Sees is in Phx with Mamacita until she graduates. That's the surface story. That's all that most people want (or need) to know.
Now for the iceberg that's underneath the water's surface. No particular order, just how the thoughts come out of my head.
My Mom is an amazing person. She has a Master's Degree and works as a special education preschool teacher. I'm always allowed to come home anytime, day or night, weekday or weekend, and there's always a place for me to sleep and a place for me to do laundry. She hugs me when I'm sad and calls when she can. She's been through a lot, but c'est la vie. I think I get my sensitivity from her because she's always able to tell if something's wrong with someone.
My Dad is one of the coolest people I know. When it came to my Europe trip, the rule was that I had to pull my grades back up and he would pay for it. I did it. So he paid for the trip. All of it. A lot of money went into the trip and it was taken care of by my dad, but it's not the money that matters; it's the fact that he wanted me to have an experience he was never able to have and he worked hard to ensure that I could have that experience. My dad works hard, I think that's where I get my intense need to work from. He's always taking care of others and trying to make sure that everyone's comfortable. He supports from afar and I see him when I can.
Sees and Sees-in-law are two of the most inspiring people I know. They both have degrees (Rice even has a Master's!) and are working doing things that they love. They have two wonderful doggies that I love to death and a pretty house and fun cars. I can call (though email is better) and will receive a response. They tend to get hit with the hard questions, but I think it has to do with the fact that they give me brutal answers even when I don't want to hear them.
Lil' Sees? Please don't remind me that she isn't so little anymore. She is a senior in high school now. Damn that makes me feel old. I can still remember my high school senior prom.... bah ANYWHO She's smart and funny and friendly and participates in all the things I was too scared to do. She's on yearbook staff which is so cool! She even made her own set of pages for the yearbook last year; yep, she's a natural at it! She wants to go into the medical field and I applaud her for setting such high goals.
My family isn't by any stretch of the imagination normal; we're very quirky and very vocal. Arguments can last for days and are always loud, in fact, we're loud whether we're arguing or not. We love to party; all my high school birthday parties included my dad as the DJ and my mom serving food and drinks. We had fun together. We still have fun together in our own ways, whether it's piling into a clown car or picking people up on a chair for the hora or dancing in the rain or laughing over silly jokes that only we understand. I have two parents who love me and support me and two amazing sisters who rawk my world. If you ask how I feel about my family, I'd probably answer with "yeah, we might not be normal, but who wants normal? We're fun, I'd take fun over normal any day".
Family is forever, even if we are fighting. I still love them and I still support them just like they support and love me. I know I probably don't say it nearly as often as I should, but I'm proud to be a part of my dysfunctional family, warts and all. We hold each other up and keep each other together. Best link to the past and quite possibly the only people who will stand by you in the future.
@~>~~