a family affair.

this past weekend was our family get together.

it was partly a "where the hell has my family gone?"

and partly "wow, we missed celebrating three birthdays, i guess we better throw something together to honor these people i call my family."

so i rallied up the troops (12 of us this time...it's usually 13) plus four people i consider family (totaling us out to 16) had a big, huge, turkey dinner. of course i was supposed to make this turkey dinner and of course my mum made it all herself. she bought the turkey a few days ahead and stuffed it so that was taken care of. then when i went to take the teeniest nap, she boiled all of the vegetables to mash. HOW DARE SHE?!

how dare that woman lift a finger after the 40 years of family labor she's already contributed. i said good day sir!

okay so anyway, i felt super guilty about that but am letting it go as soon as i publish this post...thanks for being "that" person for me.

but the heart of the matter is that this was the first time for a couple of things:

1. my boyfriend being at a family event as my boyfriend. he's been in my life for 12 years but not in the capacity of my boyfriend. it went smoothly...thank the higher-ups for the little things right? if the boyfriend's reading this, i appreciate you, sir. i really do.
2. my parents being at a family event together since they split this past spring. my father didn't eat one bite of his meal and left without saying bye to anyone. honestly, things could have gone a lot worse than that. for instance, he could have not come at all or he could have been an ahole to everyone. but he was friendly and talkative - he just didn't eat and left without saying bye. i guess when your wife leaves you, you tend to feel uncomfortable. my sympathies are with him.

anyway, the family event went well. i was exhausted from not-enough-sleep and the onset of a cold, AND i was in my slump, so i wasn't the chipperest of people, but i think my family of all people should understand that.

so that was my sunday. i slept all day saturday - till 2:30 pm...what am i? a bear?

have a good day.