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on the marsh for a couple days
What with one thing and another read: the entire mess that later February has been for my extended family so far, I needed to get north and see at least the most immediate members of my goofy bunch sooner rather than later. Frankly, the loss of Uncle Todd kicked me in the pants and how, and made me badly want to hug all my siblings and niblings, not to mention meet newest baby nephew for the very first time ASAP. So I'm on the marsh for the weekend.
So far I've seen both parents, one sister, and both nieces. Younger niece is in fact unexpectedly staying here tonight, as her elder sister is at a sleepover and her parents are sorting out yet another later-February mess - on his way home from work, brother-in-law J hit a patch of black ice amid deteriorating road conditions and rolled his truck! :( :( :( He's fine, thank God about ten times over, if understandably shaken, but his truck is emphatically not so. To the tune of he needs a new truck, this one is toast. Thanking God yet again that it's only the vehicle that's damaged, and not the driver. But yes, younger niece is staying with her grandparents for the night, and she gets an aunt in the mix. She's currently asleep in the room that belongs to my youngest sister, while I'm across the hall trying not to laugh or squeak too loudly at anything I read.
Can this frakking month give us a break, already? More *happy* events would be excellent, universe. One brand new baby and one narrow miss total one and a half, and it's not that I'm not grateful for both, but...
So far I've seen both parents, one sister, and both nieces. Younger niece is in fact unexpectedly staying here tonight, as her elder sister is at a sleepover and her parents are sorting out yet another later-February mess - on his way home from work, brother-in-law J hit a patch of black ice amid deteriorating road conditions and rolled his truck! :( :( :( He's fine, thank God about ten times over, if understandably shaken, but his truck is emphatically not so. To the tune of he needs a new truck, this one is toast. Thanking God yet again that it's only the vehicle that's damaged, and not the driver. But yes, younger niece is staying with her grandparents for the night, and she gets an aunt in the mix. She's currently asleep in the room that belongs to my youngest sister, while I'm across the hall trying not to laugh or squeak too loudly at anything I read.
Can this frakking month give us a break, already? More *happy* events would be excellent, universe. One brand new baby and one narrow miss total one and a half, and it's not that I'm not grateful for both, but...