It's been almost two weeks since I got home to visit my family. All my relatives on both sides of the family live in the same town, so it's easy to see everyone, but it isn't easy to plan how to use time so as to spend it with everyone fairly. That's been a bit of a stressor for me. I have trouble with time management sometimes. Mostly, I want to spend at least some time with everyone and there are some people who are easier to please than others. Thankfully I was able to help get a rock painting group organized and that allowed me to visit with a my two grandmothers, my mom and a couple of aunts. Now I just need to spend some time with my dad, who insists on spending every waking moment in the garden. I'm not particularly excited about gardening, but I'm going to try tomorrow to spend the day with him.
I also would like to spend one whole day with one of my Grandma's doing artsy stuff. Maybe we will paint together or draw. She wants to finish covering a few more chair cushions, too. There is a cousin around here somewhere that I haven't seen. I'd like to see her. I just don't know how I'm going to feel toward the end of this trip. I can stay another four days and leave Sunday morning. I talked to my husband this evening and he hardly said anything. He's completely depressed by the sound of it. So I suspect he's wishing that I'd come home early. I'm not sure I want to do that though. I feel like I hardly get any time with my family as it is, and even two weeks feels like no time at all. On the other hand, I can imagine he's getting very lonely. He doesn't like to be separated. He doesn't have much to entertain him when I'm not there. I think being alone is very difficult for him because he's such a social person. For that reason, I am tempted to come home early. I just don't know. I'm conflicted.
I do know that when I leave I will feel sad, and I will feel like I didn't get enough time with my family. I always feel that way. I'd love to live close enough to at least see them every weekend. That just isn't possible because my husband doesn't want to live in this area, and I don't want to live in the area where he grew up. So our current residence is a compromise. Our home is in a place where we both are content to live.
On a lighter note, my grandma uses scented detergent and it is making me sneeze.
I also would like to spend one whole day with one of my Grandma's doing artsy stuff. Maybe we will paint together or draw. She wants to finish covering a few more chair cushions, too. There is a cousin around here somewhere that I haven't seen. I'd like to see her. I just don't know how I'm going to feel toward the end of this trip. I can stay another four days and leave Sunday morning. I talked to my husband this evening and he hardly said anything. He's completely depressed by the sound of it. So I suspect he's wishing that I'd come home early. I'm not sure I want to do that though. I feel like I hardly get any time with my family as it is, and even two weeks feels like no time at all. On the other hand, I can imagine he's getting very lonely. He doesn't like to be separated. He doesn't have much to entertain him when I'm not there. I think being alone is very difficult for him because he's such a social person. For that reason, I am tempted to come home early. I just don't know. I'm conflicted.
I do know that when I leave I will feel sad, and I will feel like I didn't get enough time with my family. I always feel that way. I'd love to live close enough to at least see them every weekend. That just isn't possible because my husband doesn't want to live in this area, and I don't want to live in the area where he grew up. So our current residence is a compromise. Our home is in a place where we both are content to live.
On a lighter note, my grandma uses scented detergent and it is making me sneeze.
Sad to Leave
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Reviewed by Samantha Jayne Frost
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June 04, 2019
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