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Unfinished Business

Sometimes I don’t finish my entries, and then when I go back, I’m not sure what I wanted to say. My saved draft openers include:

“Respect is not a feeling. It’s how you treat someone.”
I Like Fat People…
…who want to be skinny
Aurora Borealis
Why I’m Not More Popular in the Blogosphere
Picnic Tables are Fast
“I’m Done Now.”
Where Is Your Sting?
Claimes to Fame (aka the Lame List)
Narnian Names
Lessons on Traveling
Peevish
Happiness Is…
Note to Self: Consider the Following… (do you know how FRUSTRATING it is to not know what I was talking about??)
Packing & Repacking

Time with the family is always enlightening. Today, I had the following thoughts:

I love my family. I really do. Seeing them happy makes me happy.
Babies/toddlers are adorable, but vomit is always gross.
Card games and board games are a great way to bond, but it is important to know your capacity. (Know your limit, play within it.)
Small talk with family can be just as awkward as small talk with strangers. Maybe more so, because I expect it to not be awkward.
Just because someone is “family” does not mean you will understand or like them.
Just because food is there doesn’t mean you have to eat it. Someone else will. Eventually.
The recession is real, and even if I don’t personally feel the effects, someone in my family does.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to be back in Ontario for three weeks. But I think I’ll survive just fine.
I like traveling. By plane, by car…but I need to make up for the 20 hours I’ve spent in transit this weekend.

I packed. I’m done (almost). I’m ready to go. I was afraid I’d forget, but I am confident I have the following items with me: