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Thanksgiving on the marsh
Went up and back in a day with my chosen family aunt, a dear friend of my mother's who's been so since before I was thought of. The travel plans worked out perfectly for both of us, as did the timeline; spending time with family, but also getting three days and change in my own space.
The day went surprisingly well, with a dozen of us and more in one house. Christmas gets even busier, and usually in a smaller space! :) Youngest sister and youngest sister's boyfriend of the on-again, off-again, are they engaged again or what? status were both horribly hungover, oops. Only three of us, myself included, got the crack I made about their having drunk Romulan ale. Oh well, we can't all be nerds, darnit. :) Elder niece was squirmy and chattery, climbed all over me and stuck stickers all over my sweater, much as tiny me used to do when my uncle visited. ... Well, I don't recall ever be-stickering him, but the rest is true. He was there today, and we both agreed that holy wow, this is familiar! Younger niece is still a teeny pipsqueak, but five months rather than one week and change (which was the last age at which I saw her), and has she ever flippin' grown! Spent part of the afternoon gabbing away with Ann (chosen family aunt), Chris (another dear friend of my mother's as well as my favorite uncle's sweetheart, and a sharding excellent confidante to boot), Todd (said favorite uncle), my middle sister, and my father. Left with leftovers for both myself and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
meimichan, who was down with the bug and couldn't join us. Meimichan, everything but the cookies are in my fridge until we sort out coffee/dinner/booze/whichever plans. Oh, and note to self: Good conversation with Ann makes trips to and from the marsh go remarkably quickly!
... This is a remarkably disjointed entry. :P
Unrelated to much except the rambling conversations we were having all afternoon, we found out why we never could find a specific, highly-prized but darn difficult to track down doll in a given line of themed dolls when I was a squirt, and now I am determined to write up a character to compensate. She will be black and Wisconsinite and proud, and she will have powers I choose to not yet disclose so as to avoid spoilers, and she will have a very specific, also spoilerific name.
Thankful that nobody got in an argument (by that I mostly mean me, Mom, and youngest sister). Thankful that the food was delicious, the company was darn good, the travel plans worked for everyone, and the big boss gave the entire company tomorrow - today, eek - off as well. And that the little brown puppydog of the family was amenable to ear scritchies and pets. :)
Thankful, also, for the marvelous folks inside the crystal, as it were. Yes, that means you!
And now, I get some sleep.
The day went surprisingly well, with a dozen of us and more in one house. Christmas gets even busier, and usually in a smaller space! :) Youngest sister and youngest sister's boyfriend of the on-again, off-again, are they engaged again or what? status were both horribly hungover, oops. Only three of us, myself included, got the crack I made about their having drunk Romulan ale. Oh well, we can't all be nerds, darnit. :) Elder niece was squirmy and chattery, climbed all over me and stuck stickers all over my sweater, much as tiny me used to do when my uncle visited. ... Well, I don't recall ever be-stickering him, but the rest is true. He was there today, and we both agreed that holy wow, this is familiar! Younger niece is still a teeny pipsqueak, but five months rather than one week and change (which was the last age at which I saw her), and has she ever flippin' grown! Spent part of the afternoon gabbing away with Ann (chosen family aunt), Chris (another dear friend of my mother's as well as my favorite uncle's sweetheart, and a sharding excellent confidante to boot), Todd (said favorite uncle), my middle sister, and my father. Left with leftovers for both myself and
meimichan, who was down with the bug and couldn't join us. Meimichan, everything but the cookies are in my fridge until we sort out coffee/dinner/booze/whichever plans. Oh, and note to self: Good conversation with Ann makes trips to and from the marsh go remarkably quickly! ... This is a remarkably disjointed entry. :P
Unrelated to much except the rambling conversations we were having all afternoon, we found out why we never could find a specific, highly-prized but darn difficult to track down doll in a given line of themed dolls when I was a squirt, and now I am determined to write up a character to compensate. She will be black and Wisconsinite and proud, and she will have powers I choose to not yet disclose so as to avoid spoilers, and she will have a very specific, also spoilerific name.
Thankful that nobody got in an argument (by that I mostly mean me, Mom, and youngest sister). Thankful that the food was delicious, the company was darn good, the travel plans worked for everyone, and the big boss gave the entire company tomorrow - today, eek - off as well. And that the little brown puppydog of the family was amenable to ear scritchies and pets. :)
Thankful, also, for the marvelous folks inside the crystal, as it were. Yes, that means you!
And now, I get some sleep.