Nice weekend
I look forward to seeing my family, but they are here for such a short time that it seems like we don't really connect. I don't really feel like a part of their lives and they are equally detached from what is happening in mine. I have such a small family that I think this bothers me a bit more than normal.My brother and his wife were in town over the weekend. I had plans to install broadband access at my parents' house so I asked him if he wanted to help. I could have done the job myself but we're both geeks and enjoy tech projects so he wanted to help. We had fun taking my mom shopping for the equipment she would need, and enjoyed setting up everything even though nothing went exactly as planned. Everything is now set up and my mom seems to be very happy with it. What's more, she seemed to really enjoy spending time with both of us and seeing us work on something together. Ever since my brother moved out of town, I rarely get to spend any time alone with him just hanging out. We're always with the rest of the family and that makes it impossible to have a conversation. I belong to one of those families where everyone talks non-stop over each other. It's really aggravating to be perfectly honest, but I'm sure it's fairly common.
Friday I went out and met some friends. I drank beer and had two shots of tequila (I could have done without the shots!) and had a pretty good time. I kicked butt at trivia too and even beat my last high score and almost had a perfect game too. I've been on fire lately! Saturday night I went out too and had a pretty good time but I think I prefer going out on Fridays even though I've already had a very long day. In fact, I should really start staying home more often on Saturday nights, but I might not stick with that for another couple of months.
There's a friend of mine I really like talking with and he's really a very nice guy, but I'm beginning to feel a bit awkward around him. He has told his family about me and that seems odd to me since I don't know why he would think to even mention me to them. It's just odd...there's nothing really wrong with it.
I'm at my parents now visiting with my brother and his wife and their dog...and sheesh it's loud around here. I like being with them but they really make me appreciate the peace and quiet I'll have later at home.
Well, that's all for now...
posted by Kristin Lynch @ 8/13/2006 04:37:00 PM
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