Today was an interesting day. We celebrated my brother’s birthday, and we are anticipating the arrival of my new baby cousin Cloe, who is overdue. I also got the news I have been dreading to hear- my sick aunt in Italy probably won’t live through the week. My dad and I are making a last-minute trip to see her and la familia in Italy, leaving at 5am tomorrow morning.
It’s weird to be confronted with all stages of life in one day. Kind of surreal. Today I was celebrating with my brother, tomorrow I’ll be an awkward third wheel with some relatives I barely know, trying my best to be supportive to my dad and relatives. We do what we can.
I’m especially anxious that my dad isn’t taking the car with the GPS this time. We had enough trouble finding our way last time WITH it. And my dad is counting on me to be the navigator at 5am tomorrow morning. This has “really bad idea” written all over it! Well, I already took something to make me sleepy, so I can’t think of any other terribly interesting stuff to say.
Sorry to everyone who I had plans with this week, I should be back around Saturday/Sunday- none of my Italian relatives have internet, so I doubt I’ll be on until then. My Sister Claire page will probably be late, and I’ll probably miss the dedication event I had planned to attend this weekend, but a reader said he’d try to get me a filler page to post, so there’s that. Selfishly, I wish I could stay and keep up my work since I was really on a roll, but frankly I’m worried about my dad going driving and back all alone. If *I* had a kid, I’d expect her to go with me! So, I shall.
See you all soon, I shall miss you terribly. T_T And if you do the whole praying thing, please toss one over to my aunt, she could really use it right now.