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i am: 40...a capricorn / moon in pisces / libra rising...an old soul with a young spirit...older than i look...contemplating my 3rd tattoo...NOT a web designer...a lesbian...working things out with the g.f....a native iowan...a graduate of cornell college and ohio state...a critical reader and thinker...really rather shy...agnostic...an ardent feminist...a bleeding-heart liberal...a pacifist...and so not your average white grrl...
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April 14, 2003
road triptomorrow morning, my friend david and i are off to iowa for fun-filled (ha!) familial visits. he will attempt to withstand a full 4 days with his mother, while i split my time between mom and dad, dodging pleas to accompany them (especially mom) to the many church services being held this week and begging mom to let me take a shower all the way through, without turning off the water during sudsing. (while admirable, her efforts to save water are also really annoying.)
i'm looking forward to seeing my parents...it's been since august, at my sister's wedding...but i always have such mixed feelings about these trips. the drive is long, usually about 8 hours one-way, if traffic isn't too bad. i hate, hate, HATE leaving s. i hate leaving her without wheels for 6 days. i hate leaving my cats. i hate leaving s with the responsibility of the cats (especially harper lee's twice-daily pill regimen). i hate leaving our house, which is really starting to feel like a home.
on the other hand, david will be good company for the trip; the last time we made the drive together, it seemed about half as long as when i've driven it by myself. and i will only have 2 days with each parent, which (hopefully) skims under my threshold of tolerance (my mom, especially, starts to drive me crazy on about the third day). and it is important that i spend time with my parents. mom is 71. dad turns 70 in june. they're not going to be around forever. i need to be around them while i still can. in fact, i need to make these shorter trips more often, instead of going to see them just once a year and staying long enough that i'm losing my mind by the time i head for home.
at any rate...i'm off. i'm sure i'll have ample experiences about which to blog, upon my return.
4:58 PM
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