Moving Day -- PLEASE NOTE!
13 years ago
Parents, Incoming at 1 O'clock
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Hi all --
I thought I'd take a moment to explain my rather funky, funky, funky absence from blogging.
I and all those I hold dear are fine. It's not a crisis thing -- it's a well-planned visit from the originators of my FOO (that's: Family of Origin, for those not in the know).
My parents arrive tomorrow at around 1 pm for a four day visit.
I'm actually pretty excited about the visit. They are both upwards of 80, and very spry, but I'm aware that every visit we spend together may be our last, or that, next time I see them, they may be in a very different state physically (although they show no signs of slowing down -- they have literally run my ass off when we have vacationed together).
My last visit with them was over a year ago, when I went to visit them at their house in the deep midwest. They are excited to come out to the great Northwest, and we've got a whale-watching excursion chartered for Wednesday, picnics on the beach, and fantabulous Scrabble games planned (my mom can KICK YOUR ASS at Scrabble -- guaranteed).
I suspect that I'll actually be posting during the visit more than I have during the preparation for the visit (OK, now you know why all that basement cleaning was going on). Today, I washed the fucking windows in the kitchen and scrubbed the crap off the bathroom ceiling (not literal crap, just that extraneous crap that seems to accumulate, no matter how much you run the fan).
It's not like I need to impress my parents, but they were a great excuse, to tell you the truth. Equinox and Rosh Hashanah are coming right up, so the timing's perfect -- as we head into another season, I'm going to be doing so with a whole lot more light in the kitchen, and without fear of the greebly mold-demons falling on my head while I'm showering. Thanks, mom, you're an inspiration.
I have some nervousness about the visit, but mostly, I'm just suffused with excitement. In the past 7 years or so, I've been working toward having a more authentic relationship with M & D. That's always a bit nerve-wracking in the preparatory phases, but rarely that difficult once the interactions begin.
So, look for me through the week. I'll either be posting some lame-ass redirect to youtube, or writing something deep and meaningful about my visit with the folks.
You probably won't see me commenting on other sites much. I'm sure I'll have a shit-load of blog-reading to catch up on during the coming days. I'm choosing to concentrate on enjoying and exploring my parents, and occasionally posting here.
Wish me luck!
PD
Posted byPortlyDyke at 10:56 PM
Labels: Family, Functional Relationship, Very Personal Details
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Have a marvelous time! :)
Would you care for any particular kind of luck? I root around in my stuff and I find good, not-so-good, and fuckin' awful.
Which one would you prefer?
:)
Have fun w/the 'rents!
Well, imagine that, I'm your 3,000th visitor!
PD
You won't need any luck seems like you have a great approach toward this. I wish you and the FOO a great time.
My FOO (Dad and 2 sisters) will be here in October so soon I will be going through it as well (and yes I may finally paint that last piece of baseboard in the bathroom)