It's a pleasant day; this morning, Daniel and I got up fairly early, and cooked a few omelettes; spinach, onion, and pepperjack for me, spinach, onion, sausage and pepperjack for the rest. Dad hassled Daniel about disliking scrambled eggs, and Daniel quietly voiced a dislike of my father's leaving a pan of sausages to be cooked by a vegetarian (not because I couldn't - he simply thought it rude). Overall though, a good morning (my older sister is massively jealous of Daniel's ability to make pretty omelettes), followed by an excellent walk with the dogs over the ridge at the park. Now I'm sitting at a departure gate, having said goodbyes to family, and a see-you-later to my best beloved, who's on another airline.
I have two bags so full of books I can barely carry them, and a suitcase with the rest; my little sister gave me the coolest painting for my birthday last month (a raven on a background of kiwi fruit), which she'd done over the summer. Yesterday was a barbecue with most of my family - two aunts and an uncle, one of my cousins and his wife and daughters, and the grandparents. So missing... maybe five people? It was pretty awesome to see everyone. Daniel now has near-universal familial approval. All the aunts like him, Grandpa likes him, and that's about all I could ask for; the cousins and siblings and (mostly) parents like him, too.
He also put his finger on something that has bothered me about a more distant relative for some time: "He has different sets of boundaries for girls and guys." And he puse girls' boundaries. Huh.
I'd like to have had more time to visit with everyone, buuuut at the same time, I was reaching my limit of tolerance with my dad, a bit. So that might have been a good time to head out. Anyway. School starts in three days, my family is healthy and happy, and I'll be home tomorrow. Life is good.
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