I have decided to be miserable today. Just realized that I will be the only one of my parent's ten kids that won't be with them playing football today, since my wife and I drew hosting Thanksgiving for her family. Only two of our kids came down sick yesterday, so my wife is taking the food and the rest of the kids to her parents house, while I watch the recovering patients.
Thankful to have family to miss!
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Many blessings !
Christmas is around the corner !!
I'd consider that a blessing in disguise. I'll be driving a good distance to join wife's side of family for a meal. Then driving all the way back home at night. All so I can sit at a loud table where I can barely complete two sentences without interruption. Bah!
I'll be driving 13 hours by myself tomorrow to join my family. I didn't realize I was the only one not coming for Thanksgiving day.
Yeah, family gatherings are ironically the worst setting for meaningful conversation. When we do manage to all convene my wife and I spend most of our time figuring who needs to go to the bathroom or eat or be consoled. My siblings are all doing the same thing. So we all see each other for a few hours then actually talk via phone calls at a later date.
Another gift!
I can recommend some great music or audio books!
Good times 🙄
Convinced I just want to be alone, and keep my connections digital only
Lol, secretly looking forward to it. I like silence. I generally only turn something on if I need to stay awake. What happens in my head is far more entertaining. But I might have to look into the audiobooks thing for just in case. I have the Hobbit and the Lord of the rings on my Plex server, but we've listened to that a few times already.
No kids yet?
Digital kids?
No, could still happen, but odds are slim at this late stage. This is why I need more alone time, to hatch a brain child!
Smart. Act the martyr and celebrate in secret.
I haven't tried silence in a long time while driving. I sometimes slip a left earbud in when driving with others and sneak something interesting in while trying subtly to stifle prolonged interaction with me
