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I’m behind in posting here, but there is honestly nothing
worthy to post about now. The days are
ticking by faster than they should.
We’ve had a lot of rain causing it to be sticky and humid, very unlike
the desert. Everyone’s allergies are
running rampant right now, even one of my poor cats that has never had
allergies before.
The writing group we started is going okay and is a nice
distraction every two weeks as it’s always good to get together with other
writers and discuss the craft of writing.
I’m working almost daily trying to get the family book
finished so that I can take it with me on my trip in two weeks and two
days. There is still much to do and I’m
sure I’ll run out of time, as I usually do with everything. It is like pulling teeth to get anything I
need out of my family. I hope that I’m
not the only one who feels this way.
Everyone is too busy doing their thing and not in any hurry about
getting me tidbits to finish this book.
I may have to do without their add-ons and get on with it. There is a time to put your foot down because
of time constraints.
I still have to format this thing, add family pictures and
print the thing out. I intend to bind it
myself with a binding machine I have. I
doubt anyone on Amazon would want to read our family history and childhood
escapades. I haven’t really used the
binder yet for any big project like this, so I’m hoping that won’t be a major
ordeal since I have to make about eight copies to take with me. This thing is not tiny either. We’re talking about 150 pages so far. I guess my siblings must think I have all the
time in the world to work on this.
Other than that, there are just the main housekeeping duties
going on in my life and trying to organize everything for this trip.
The county fair will be going on shortly after I arrive, so
my sisters and I are going to that, which should be fun. I haven’t been since I was in my teens. I’m sure my family will shuffle me back and
forth from house to house, but that’s fine to live out of a suitcase for a
while. It’s all in good fun and something
I won’t be able to do again for a long while.
I intend to relish every moment although I’ll probably eat too much,
drink too much, and stay up half the night most of the time.
I’m still undecided as to whether I’ll take the laptop with
me or not. I have trouble with my
balance when I fly because of an inner ear problem I have with altitude, so it
may be wise to leave it at home and not have to worry about keeping track of
it. I have to sip on OJ or water the
entire plane trip anyway, coming and going, so as not to get dizzy. It’s quite an ordeal, but I won’t let that
keep me from going. On the other hand, I
could tell you some tales about past plane trips which were less than
ideal. Because of this situation, I
didn’t fly for more than twenty years at one stretch. I had to resort to the train or bus, which I
would probably never do again for any type of long distance travel.
Despite all this, I’m really looking forward to it because
my family and I have such a blast when we get together. It will be fun going to all the old
haunts. There is only one problem once I
arrive and that is one of my brothers, but then there is someone like him in
everyone’s family I bet.
