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Aug. 20th, 2006
and then I came home...
Aug. 20th, 2006 01:12 pm... and the dishwasher is broken. My grandmother died; my father did not die of seriously infected wasp stings, but only through the timely intervention of strong antibiotics (and he only stayed out of the hospital because he's friends with the world expert on insect & snake bites.) Oh, and my uncle (who had a heart attack shortly before I left) had exciting complications getting in for major surgery, although I think the bypass bit is over with now and they're on to smaller questions like whether he needs a pacemaker.
All in all, I think I did pretty well with not being here. The worst I have is a bunch of bruises (normal) and that horrible sort of sunbleach/tan effect where the fluffy bits of my hair are now several shades lighter than the skin of my face.
( so, yeah, my grandmother... )
But I feel kind of odd about all this... I mean, it seems horribly selfish to count up how few people would leave a serious hole in my life if they died-- I'd be sad about most of my relatives, but it's only my parents & my brother that I regard as eternal constants, and I don't even talk to my brother above two or three times a year at the moment. And I think of maybe three friends I'd be totally lost without, but while there are a lot of other people I'd be upset about losing, I don't think it would change my world very much, I guess. And then there are several people I care about where I'm pretty sure I'd never know if they died suddenly. I'm... not sure if that's a good thing or not.
All in all, I think I did pretty well with not being here. The worst I have is a bunch of bruises (normal) and that horrible sort of sunbleach/tan effect where the fluffy bits of my hair are now several shades lighter than the skin of my face.
( so, yeah, my grandmother... )
But I feel kind of odd about all this... I mean, it seems horribly selfish to count up how few people would leave a serious hole in my life if they died-- I'd be sad about most of my relatives, but it's only my parents & my brother that I regard as eternal constants, and I don't even talk to my brother above two or three times a year at the moment. And I think of maybe three friends I'd be totally lost without, but while there are a lot of other people I'd be upset about losing, I don't think it would change my world very much, I guess. And then there are several people I care about where I'm pretty sure I'd never know if they died suddenly. I'm... not sure if that's a good thing or not.
So there's been some talk on the Fallen From Grace list about plans for Coronation and/or War of the Wings, both of which are down in North Carolina (about a 5 hour drive from here). And, silly me, I went on a lark and looked at the event flyers and now I'm horribly tempted to go to one or both of them, because I've never been to an event that has horses before...
Is it really worth ten or more hours of driving (especially over labor day weekend) to go to a weekend event where I'll have to choose between fencing (with distant foreign peoples, possibly some I haven't even heard of yet!) and watching equestrian stuff? Because if so, I should pre-register soon.
but I mean, horses!
Is it really worth ten or more hours of driving (especially over labor day weekend) to go to a weekend event where I'll have to choose between fencing (with distant foreign peoples, possibly some I haven't even heard of yet!) and watching equestrian stuff? Because if so, I should pre-register soon.
but I mean, horses!