I'm not even sick. But I will tell you this: spending five days away from the internet feels like a terminal illness... that is certainly what my husband and son expressed by moping around the place, dragging their stockinged feet. Silly rabbits! Quite frankly, I enjoyed the temporary disconnection from all things virtual.
The real reason for my recent silence around here is that our family spent the last five days and four nights holed up in a friend's house near the beach along the South Carolina coast. It was windy and cold and rainy on Christmas day. The other four days, it was just windy and cold.
But we were sooooo happy. So very happy. We walked up and down the beach, collected shells, threw the frisbee, and took lots of photographs. We shopped and played tennis (yes, it is possible to play tennis on the day after Christmas in certain parts of North and South Carolina - yea!) and gaped at all the huge, tacky touristy shops and watched football games on television and ate too many sweets.
Going away was the perfect way to avoid all the Christmas crush here in Charlotte. We didn't exchange gifts on Christmas; we just enjoyed each other's company and gave thanks for our relatively good health and our beautifully dysfunctional family. At one point when I was ready to lose my patience, I thought, "This is one f---ed up family... but, then again, everybody's got one." And with that, I laughed at my foolish pride and ridiculously high standards - and poured myself another glass of wine.
I will upload photos and write more later this week. Right now, though, I am going to move the laundry along, make myself some Trader Joe's Candy Cane Decaf Green Tea (truly, the best stuff on earth!), and bask in the warmth and wonder of being back at home.
I trust you all had a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukah, a lovely Winter Solstice, that all the Kwanzaa festivities are going well, and that every single one of us will have a better 2010 than we can ask, imagine, or dream up.
And for a lovely glimpse of the joy of dancing, check this out. Thanks, Lisa, for the link.
2 comments:
that is so funny!!
my running commentary on my family is...well..i guess we put the FUN in DysFUNctional...
yes, i guess we all have one.
glad your Christmas at the coast was overall a good thing.
5 days without internet...dear Lord...dunno if i'd make it...dunno if the rest of the family would still be alive or would my overall mood be to just "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" if i couldnt escape to my internet friends. :D
blessings and peace...
Wonderful! Sunday was the feast of the Holy Family, and as Ken and I sat in church listening to so many inspiring words about family, Fr. Norman reminded us of how all of us have somebody in our family who is totally jacked up. LOL. It's good to have each other, though. For better or worse. And a beach can't hurt!
Love and blessings on this fifth day of Christmas!
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