To be able to write that down calmly without bursting into tears has taken me all of a week. It felt so petty to begrudge the other visits, but I imagined two whole weeks to ourselves with lots of downtime. Now it'll be a slightly busier schedule, but still so good.
Anyway, trivia today--just me, Big A, AH, and SD. We got second place after leading until the final wager round.
Pic: A shelter in progress? Along the banks of the Red Cedar.
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Oh, what a disappointment for you. I'm sure she's looking forward to seeing her friends, though, after how long? It's a good thing you had your vacation together not so very long ago.
Congrats on your trivia silver medal. What a bunch of brainiacs you are!
Oh, my heart hurts for you, Maya. That is so disappointing. I know your week together (a whole week!) will be wonderful and precious, but of course it would hurt to have the time you expected cut nearly in half.
Yes, I can imagine this very well. If my sister were coming I would want her all to myself! But- if these are "dear friends" then they would probably be hurt if your sister didn't see them. It's probably hard for her to divide her time like this. Could you possibly go with her to visit the friends? Is this one day of travel each way by car? Maybe you could keep her company on the travel days and let her have the day in between with her friends alone? Just a thought...
I'm sorry about the shortened visit. I love finding mysterious little structures like that when I'm walking in the woods by the creek.
We deal with that on sharing grands with two other sets of grandparents or when friends come to town who have lots of other friends in the area. But yes, grateful for the time. Still, with such distance, I wish you had her to yourself for the whole of it (or a longer visit!)
Take care.
Oh that is tough. That eats up a good amount of her 2 week stay. It might be nice to have 1:1 time with your mom, though. But it’s still disappointing! It’s so hard to share family members!!
Thanks for the reminder that we had ten days in December, Nance. <3
She sees these friends annually--but they visit her, she hasn't visited them in a while.
The trivia thing is at a pub, we got a 10$$$$ toward pizza so slightly more useful than better than a silver medal.
I felt a bit silly writing that, so thank you for getting it, Suzanne. <3
All this is true, Jenny. Thank you for the reminders.
(Travel would be via plane--and not even for my sister am I ready to brave TSA for no good reason :) )
They're so charming, and I always wonder about the people who took the time to make them...
Thanks for the reminder that this is how life works, Jeanie. The visit was capped at 2 weeks because we didn't want my dad to be without family for longer than that...
Thanks!
Right?! Still, a week is a long time--certainly more than I expected to have before this impromptu visit was arranged.
Oh, I would be VERY upset by this so I completely understand your disappointment at missing out on a whole week of sister time. <3 Just know that I see your disappointment and it is NOT silly!
Thanks, Stephany! That means a lot. I'm trying to be an adult about it though :)
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