Averygoodun's Personal File

Though really, that was a very easy test. But still, I am pleased I got another 100%.

I need to get back to work pretty quick, as there are a few things that I'm against the clock on today (mainly getting bills and invitations out!), but I thought I'd mention a couple of things.

First is that I'm really glad my parents are now home. They were gone for three weeks, and I missed my talks with my mum! So it was nice to hear from her on Saturday.

Speaking of Saturday, it was a rough weekend. ( A bit of TMI of the girly kind, and then a bit of a rant of the wifely kind )

And now I have most of the day to myself. I really need to get stuff done, but dang, that couch is tempting! However, I think it would be better to stay up and struggle through because if I do lie down for a nap, it's going to be a long one. Better to just go to bed early tonight.

But I have to go. Mail lady will be here in less than an hour. Lots to do before then!

Day 03 – Your parents

Hmm. In three days, my parents will have been married for 44 years. Reasonably happily, too, which, given both their personalities, is both surprising and a given.

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So, after a too-long trip (a four hour delay in Chicago (meaning we didn't get in the door here till 2 am) was oh-so-much fun!), and a day pretty much at rest, I am more or less back. 'More or less' because I'm still tired, my last session with the bodyworker left me sore, once again, and I've a TONNE (more than a ton, that is) of stuff to catch up on, very little of it fun. Like food shopping. Fortunately, Geoff had gone emergency provisions shopping, so we had eggs for a nice frittata tonight, but... Yeah. I would like to subsist on more than eggs alone.

But, Geoff came home relatively early tonight and we were able to have our second Christmas, which was fun. Well, I say that in the past tense, but Babe still hasn't opened all of his presents. It's only taken a few hours this time (unlike CHristmas, when it took till mid-afternoon Boxing Day for the last present to be opened). Okay, he's now opened the last one (a toy garbage truck... he loves it), so his enthusiasm for gifts is obviously on the up.

Anyway, the point of this post wasn't to blab. It was to post pictures! So, without further ado...

( Five pics of my parents' place )


More pics are to come very soon.

God, those three weeks went fast! Too fast, in a way.

I just got back from dropping my parents off at their airport hotel (they leave godawful early tomorrow morning), and the only thing I'm looking forward to is having my room back.

Okaaay, that was last night. Babe needed a bit of persuasion to go to sleep, and, well, I fell asleep alongside. The irony is that I fell asleep in his room (though when DH got home at 2, I moved rooms).

Anyway, I'm going to miss my parents. My dad and I have both mellowed so much that it's way easier for us to get along. I think it helped that he brought his computer. He's as much, if not more, of a computer junkie as I am, though I was glad to see most of his time spent on the computer was playing freecell, rather than working. Relaxing suits him.

Speaking of my dad and freecell, I actually managed to paint his portrait this trip! I'm pretty pleased with it in that anyone looking at the painting who knows my dad will recognize him.

( 'Freecell' or 'A Fair Approximation of Dad' )

So, anyway, that's that.  I'm sad they're gone, but glad they came.  Now life gets back to normal.