(come on!)
This weekend we had a surprise birthday get-together for my brother. He turned 30. How did that happen? So it was a Nashville extravaganza. It was really good to be together for a happy reason. Although it was good to be together at Christmas, it was still sad, and then we were together for the funeral, but... yeah. So it's good to celebrate. Good to commemorate the good times as well as the bad. So we made lefsa, had good food, long talks and walks. And really, that's about it. And looking back, that was just about perfect.
Lately it seems like we only see each other for funerals. In the last year and a half I've lost four grandparents and a great-grandmother. All of this has prompted me to work on my family tree. There's some sense of urgency in me to know where I came from before it all disappears. I sure wish I had kept all the information from when I made family trees in high school. But what-ifs serve little or no purpose.
So I'm back to work. But only for three days, homeleave begins on Wednesday, and even though I haven't really been here in the last week and a half, I need a break. Some time to sit at home and rest and to be with Michael, who I haven't seen much lately. Some time to catch up on grading. And maybe on reading. I've only finished one book since the beginning of December. But I've also lost about 10 pounds since Thanksgiving. My medication has a lot of side effects-fatigue, lack of focus, loss of appetite... Some are bad and some are not as bad. Losing ten pounds is not so bad.
A few recent quotes of note:
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain
If I owned Hell and Texas, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell. -U.S. General Philip Henry Sheridan
2 comments:
Hello Luv!
so what is lufsa? your family weekend sounds so relaxing. my brother turns 28 next week. it makes me feel like i'm getting adult. not old because i see all these 50 year olds who are still full of energy and life and they don't look anything like the 50 year olds I know when I was 8 but it definately makes me feel like I should be doing adult like things. being responsible, getting a house, living in one place for at least a year, getting married and spawning. Most of those don't sound that appealing though. Need to readjust my shoulds. Anyways, I hope you have a really relaxing long weekend. Oh! I just went to the reference library here in Kansas City and they have a whole section for geneology - is that the right word - i can't think right now i'm so tired but yeah they have people to help you too. It made me want to research my Grandma Dillons side. She holds all my hope that I have Irish in me. Anyone who love bagpipes and Lord of the Dance has to have some Irish in them. Thanks for the quotes...General Sheridan was a funny man!
lefsa is a scandinavian potato "bread." It's kind of like a crepe. Really thin. I don't like it. But everyone else does.
It was wonderful to talk to you. I hope everything is well in KC. And you should do that genealogy stuff. You may never have a better chance. =)
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