Now that the election's over, I can go back to thinking about things like school, and finding a better job (or wishing this one would stop changing their mind about giving me more hours), and pondering what to write on my Dad's birthday card.
He'll be 74 on the 16th of this month. And his 5th great-grandson was born last week (11/5), and his first great-grandson will be 6 on the 11th.
I had a good visit when I went up north to see him. It wasn't long enough (I rarely say that about my trips home), but it was good. My aunt and I took him out to breakfast on Friday morning (I got there THurs evening). It was supposed to be a surprise, but he's smarter than I ever give him credit for, and had a hunch that I might be in town. Probably because my aunt's not in the habit of inviting him out to breakfast. LOL
I spent all day Saturday with him, and he, my sister, my aunt and her husband and I all went out to eat together that evening. Then I let Dad buy me a drink at the AmVets, before I headed back up to my aunt's to spend the night before heading back to Georgia.
Figured out that the route I take is a 600+ mile drive. But the weather was good - there might have been some rain, but not enough to worry about, and it took me just a little bit over 12 hours. That's not bad when you consider that I had to stop periodically and take the little dog out for a walk, and I had to take a wee nap at one point, because my eyes were extremely tired.
The good news is, there's only his birthday and Thanksgiving to get through, and we'll be done with our "year of firsts."
And even as I was writing that sentence, I realized it was untrue. Well, it's true for me, and for dad, but I'm sure that little Koda would love for his great-grandma to be there for *his* birthday this week, and I'm fairly certain that my nephew's wife (who loved my mom) would have liked for Mom to have seen the newest grandbaby (Dylan Hunter - that name just *sounds* good, to me). So I'm definitely being self-centered in my thinkings about this year. Oops. Guess maybe I'll work on that.
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