All alone again...
Dec. 5th, 2009 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpGalina had planned to leave for Houston yesterday (she needs to be there for a closing next week) but was overcome by lethargy, so instead, she loaded up the car this morning and set off shortly after the kids left the grandkids with us/me so they could do some shopping in Farmington.
Having the grandkids around kept my mind off Galina's departure, as did writing this week's LJ Idol essay, the subject being the result of a brainsquall that hit in the middle of the night (thank you, dear subconscious). It was not yet time to take a bye in the competition.
The grandkids are gone, back with their parents. My combined birthday/Christmas gift from the kids is lying next to my keyboard. It's the new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 game for the PC (which I swear I hadn't hinted at during our conversation this morning, but which I now will also not allow to be taken from me without a fight).
Dinner was a simple salad with two glasses of wine. Shiloh is watching the kittens eat with an eye to cleaning up anything they leave behind. In watching Shiloh and the kittens interact, I cannot help but wonder what it is about our family that has enabled our many dogs and cats to consistently get along famously over the years, with love and affection. How I love and have loved them all, and how I miss all of those no longer with us who were our steadfast companions in the past!
I think I should retire for the night, lest I think too much.
Cheers...
Having the grandkids around kept my mind off Galina's departure, as did writing this week's LJ Idol essay, the subject being the result of a brainsquall that hit in the middle of the night (thank you, dear subconscious). It was not yet time to take a bye in the competition.
The grandkids are gone, back with their parents. My combined birthday/Christmas gift from the kids is lying next to my keyboard. It's the new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 game for the PC (which I swear I hadn't hinted at during our conversation this morning, but which I now will also not allow to be taken from me without a fight).
Dinner was a simple salad with two glasses of wine. Shiloh is watching the kittens eat with an eye to cleaning up anything they leave behind. In watching Shiloh and the kittens interact, I cannot help but wonder what it is about our family that has enabled our many dogs and cats to consistently get along famously over the years, with love and affection. How I love and have loved them all, and how I miss all of those no longer with us who were our steadfast companions in the past!
I think I should retire for the night, lest I think too much.
Cheers...
