I hope everyone out in internetland had a good 4th!
My day was primarily spent at my brother’s house with his family and my adorable nephews. My ankle was really hurting today – in no small part due to a stupid decision to wear my thick soled creepers to Friday night’s burlesque show. So while I didn’t get to run around with my most mobile nephew, he’s now at that really awesome age where he can express himself really well and we had a lot of great conversations. Since I’m “the uncle that throws him around” I did some kid-tossing and he seemed satisfied.
Felt like crap most of the day – not sure exactly why. It may be mostly mental – my brother had a slideshow set up on his TV that cycles through about 12,000 of his photos that he and his wife have taken over the years. Many of them included my father – which of course is a stark reminder that this weekend I’m travelling to spread his ashes. That, coupled with my daughter being out of town with her grandparents on my ex-wife’s side left me in an odd place.
I’m about to the point where I’m not getting anything done, and frustration sets in if I do anything to force it – so I’m really attempting to just let it all slide.
