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dragonlady7Being thankful that I have family that I miss, as opposed to family I actively avoid/dread seeing.
Called big sister in GA, where the whole family is gathered, to wish her older son a happy birthday-- his 4th-- and say hi to everyone. The nephew has been made the cake he wanted, which is in the shape of a destroyer sailing on the ocean, complete with a radar tower made of marshmallows, and licorice rigging.
The noise was absolute bedlam. Three large dogs, two little boys, three full-grown sisters-of-mine (we're impressive in full cry), our mother, our father, and two husbands-- older sister's and baby sister's. It was just a house full of sound and excitement. And I was sad not to be there.
But I'm about to go hang out with the family of Z, over at his aunt's house, and that's not so bad at all. Gonna drink half a beer before I go, though, just to get a little head-start and make my knee feel better. I'm wearing a knee brace today; a tripping mishap at derby practice on Tuesday did something to that lower patellar tendon on my right leg, which has been bothering me and now is really angry with me. (The knee's not swollen, I can bend it right double and sit on it, but extending it hurts. It's absolutely the tendon. Well, at least it's not the meniscus.)
And I'm wearing a cute dress so that's something too. Mm this is good beer.
Called big sister in GA, where the whole family is gathered, to wish her older son a happy birthday-- his 4th-- and say hi to everyone. The nephew has been made the cake he wanted, which is in the shape of a destroyer sailing on the ocean, complete with a radar tower made of marshmallows, and licorice rigging.
The noise was absolute bedlam. Three large dogs, two little boys, three full-grown sisters-of-mine (we're impressive in full cry), our mother, our father, and two husbands-- older sister's and baby sister's. It was just a house full of sound and excitement. And I was sad not to be there.
But I'm about to go hang out with the family of Z, over at his aunt's house, and that's not so bad at all. Gonna drink half a beer before I go, though, just to get a little head-start and make my knee feel better. I'm wearing a knee brace today; a tripping mishap at derby practice on Tuesday did something to that lower patellar tendon on my right leg, which has been bothering me and now is really angry with me. (The knee's not swollen, I can bend it right double and sit on it, but extending it hurts. It's absolutely the tendon. Well, at least it's not the meniscus.)
And I'm wearing a cute dress so that's something too. Mm this is good beer.
