I’ve waved them off – sad/free
My son and his lovely girlfriend Weiwei have just driven off en route for Paris via Versailles (not exactly on the way!) after a great week. I’m so happy to see them, but find visits very tiring with all the cooking etc. We had a lot of fun learning to play Mah Jong, and I taught Weiwei the basics on the keyboard so that she can start learning the piano when she gets back to Germany (where she lives).
I’ve managed, just, to keep up with a poem a day for Napowrimo, but have not read very many of other people’s poems, so I have 89 notifications in my inbox. Washing on, then to work….
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I am glad you had a good time, Viv ~~ He did that Weiwei up very nicely.
Here is hoping you get caught up quickly. 🙂 ‘BTW, I have a separate folder of the e-mail from the blog comments that I don’t get to answer. Not many, but a few. I try to make sure that they will have a priority IF they will come back.
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Having house guests is so much fun…but also tiring! Glad you enjoyed their visit though. I know it is hard to say good-bye.
Happy Saturday!
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I am working and doing laundry too. “No rest for the weary…” Take care.
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Viv, I got it all from your title. I feel the same after Riley has visited. Mostly sad, but glad she’s got her own life.
The only Mah Jong I’ve played is on the computer, and I’m sure it’s not the proper version. I do love dominoes, if only for that same “click, clack’ of the tiles.
Get some rest. Good Lord, you subscribe to, I don’t know, 468 blogs?? Hee hee. Love, Amy
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I am glad you all had a good time!
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Viv, no matter how much you love your guests, and no matter how much you sincerely protest as they load the car and hug you goodbye, a fair sized chunk of you is thinking, ‘oh god I have the bathroom back”. Feet up, eyes closed, you’ve earned it.
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Most of that is spot on, but we are lucky enough to have two bathrooms, though there was one occasion where 3 loos were not enough!
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Sad/free…I just love that!
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I’m fighting the Inbox fight too, Viv. They seem to just gang up on a person sometimes.
Take it easy for a day or two. Caution! (I know it doesn’t come naturally)
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Fun, but tiring…..sounds like a good family visit.
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Again I agree with Tilly, you should rest for a few days before doing anything else. I’m so glad that you had a wonderful visit with your son and his girlfriend.:)
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Sounds like it was a nice visit.
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Love the visits! Hate the work!
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TB’s right: rest first. No matter how much we love them, departure is often the best part of family visits.
I did the poem-a-day thing three (and two) years ago, & it almost killed me. Take care, V!
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I know what you mean. I love having guests, but I also quite like it when they leave and I can relax without worrying about feeding them! 🙂
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You should rest before anything else.
Glad you had a good week.
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