October 13th, 2005’tis better to have…
My parents called me a little while ago. Their flight is delayed out of Seattle due to bad weather at their connecting airport: Philadelphia. It’s entirely possible that a) they might make their connection and everything will be dandy, b) they miss their connection and catch another flight later or c) they can’t get out until tomorrow, so they stay there overnight and I meet them in Philly.
Because, remember, we are taking a road trip to the middle of nowhere PA. And it was supposed to start tomorrow morning.
I still haven’t been able to shake the crazy dreams, or the headaches for that matter. And then last night I didn’t get to sleep until about 2AM. Fortunately, Bravo is running a West Wing Season Six marathon continuously… ahhhh. 🙂 It’s quite possible, I suppose, that I just wanted to stay up and watch. 😛
I do think the dreams are related to my parents coming to visit. I subscribe to the philosophy that it’s better to have never had, than to have had and lost. It’s much easier to live when you don’t know what you’re missing, in other words.
I love that my parents are coming, but every time they do, I’m reminded of how painful it is to live so far away. It’s one of the reasons I so rarely go home. Preventative medicine, shall we say.
And I know all of you will say “’tis better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all,” and I think that’s true for some… just not for me.
Oh, and Ellie’s doing fine. 🙂
i love visiting my family, i hate calling them on the big holidays when i’m by my lonesome. but my momma and her… sigh, husband are gonna be here for a week at the end of the month. and my dad is buying me a ticket to cali for t-day. and mmm english is coming out for x-mas. so this year will be decidedly better than last holiday season.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 10:54 am
I know what you mean. So now you’re going to Cali for T-day?! What, no road trip? ;P
And English is coming… so cute. (Let’s definitely use that moniker. 🙂 )
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 10:56 am
no road trip. maybe some other time i suppose. yes… English. uber cute. he know’s i talk about him, i suppose i’ll just keep on keeping on. if he doesn’t like it then tuff! yea, you read me English… i said tuff! and i didn’t spell it according to your ‘rules’ so there.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 11:05 am
Oh god you’re going to crack me up all day, I can already tell. lol 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 11:09 am
You have had, have, and will have. Just not necessarily all at the same time. That’s good too, right?
Comment by anne — October 13, 2005 @ 11:20 am
really? so then can i stop being witty and funny? because it’s starting to make my head hurt.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 11:26 am
Anne: Well… sure. But in some ways, I’d have preferred to have not had.
Wendy… noooo. You must be witty and funny. I will send Tylenol. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 11:27 am
oh so now you’re a pill pusher eh? i went through DARE. i know your type.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 1:15 pm
Ohmygod… I went through DARE too, rotfl.
I think I still have the t-shirt…
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 1:43 pm
lol at that – i am having nightmares cz im due to move home for a while in dec … its been 12 yrs since i lived at home last!
Comment by Prerona — October 13, 2005 @ 2:12 pm
I was the guy that DARE warned you about.
It’ll all be okay. Trust me.
Comment by Grampa — October 13, 2005 @ 2:44 pm
Prerona… wow. Moving home. That might actually kill me.
Grampa: Hope so.
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 2:49 pm
don’t trust him, he probably has a van full of ‘kittens’ or he’s ‘lost his puppy’ and wants help finding it… i know HIS type too.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 3:28 pm
Excellent point wendy.
::looking around furtively::
🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 3:37 pm
Hey you,
The best thing I reckon is to not let anything get in the way of enjoying their company when they arrive. The nice thing about living a distance away from your parents is always being reminded of just how much you love them… which doesn’t always seem to be the case when you’re closer to them.
I totally understand what you describe… taking that kind of decision is full of consequences that never really go away.
Hope you’re doing alright, babe.
Comment by Graham — October 13, 2005 @ 3:40 pm
It’s so serious over here today. Yesterday we were talking about me and English going toe to toe in a vat of strawberry Jell-O.
What happened here, people?
Comment by Grampa — October 13, 2005 @ 4:01 pm
Graham: I’m good. 🙂
Grampa… so sorry, my fault. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 4:07 pm
oh and speaking of English, he said he was originally going to say “I will have to go take out my frustration by wrestling some yank in a pool of strawberry jelly whilst wearing nothing but my tightie whities” ah yes. that’s an image that will haunt me for the rest of my days.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 5:51 pm
my brother is on the east coast, i’m on the west, and my mom is right in the middle of the country.
holidays are good logistic fun.
Comment by grimace — October 13, 2005 @ 5:52 pm
Wendy… rotfl. I think Grampa’s a more boxer briefs kinda guy. ;P
Grimace… yes. Yes they are. In Sarcasm Land. Where the little people prance about. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 8:23 pm
see that’s the british/american translation difference. he calls his boxer briefs ‘tightie whities’ but he calls what we know as tightie whities ‘y-fronts’ so yea, hehehe, they could share undies and THEN get in the kiddie pool full of jello!!!!!!
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 8:39 pm
but before they do that, i need to buy a camcorder…
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 8:40 pm
Ah I see… interesting. Sharing undies, kiddie pools full of jello and a camcorder… hot damn, that’s a party!
We should sell tickets. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 8:53 pm
totally.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 8:59 pm
Then, with the cash, we can buy plane tickets. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:04 pm
oooooh! wait, to where?
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
Well…. I suppose you would want to go visit English, yes?
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:13 pm
oh. right. *checks hair* yup, i’ve gone blonde.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:14 pm
LOL. 🙂
I mean, we could go anywhere. Fancy a trip to Paris? We’ll visit Anne. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:21 pm
oh god. baked goods.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:27 pm
Yum. And coffee. And sitting at little cafes sipping coffee, eating baked goods and looking very Parisian.
Love it.
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:29 pm
to look parisian do we have to drop 100 pounds, wear giant sunglasses, drink red wine, and hold our noses high in the air? or is that a stereotype?
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:32 pm
::snicker::: Anne’s gonna kill you. lol
I have the sunglasses and I do drink red wine… but damn it, if they don’t take us at a normal weight and let me drink vodka… grrr.
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:35 pm
hehehe… i know. but i figure, i’m asian, i can run away all silent like a ninja and she’ll be too drunk off of red wine an her own ego… hehehehee… dude, i’m on a roll.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:40 pm
Now I’m trying really hard not to laugh out loud and wake them… ohmygod. I’m dying. ROTFL
Wendy, the Silent Ninja.
Oh, stomach muscles.. oh the pain. lolololol
You are so on a roll.
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:43 pm
you might even say…
a french roll?
thank you and good night.
Comment by wendykat — October 13, 2005 @ 9:48 pm
:::clapping enthusiastically:::
Well done, well done.
🙂
Comment by the insider — October 13, 2005 @ 9:51 pm