Long Weekend
This weekend involves what seems like a fairly endless variety of aspects. For Shabbat we more or less hosted both meals, although dinner was just us and H's grandmother (and low-key, food-wise, mostly chicken soup, bread, salad, and apple crisp) and we had 6 guests for lunch, all of the older generation- family friends of H's, from shul. They were definitely a bunch of guests who entertained themselves- we said very little, and the conversation went on like gangbusters. It was both very easy and pleasing, on the one hand, and a little off-putting, since we we very far from the center of attention, on the other.
Sunday we got out and went to one of H's family's favorite outdoor activity type places, so we did some hiking, picnicked, saw a marine animal hospital, and attempted kite flying, with rather moderated success: the kite would fly, swoop and soar briefly, and then nose-dive into the sand (there was also a beach). It was hysterical fun, at least until my hands got too cold. It was the first Sunday that we'd had time to go do something fun in a while. It was also the first day without rain in about a week, which made being outside even better.
That night, we picked up H's brother from the airport (he's home for spring break from college, his last year thereof). I got a bit ruffled because he (the brother) spent the entire ride home talking about himself and showing off, basically, with No attention paid to me, and very little to H. It was very frustrating, and rather insulting. It played off of some rivalry between H and his brother about intellectual and other achievements, as well as the brother's general immaturity, but nevertheless, was not pleasant for me.
Monday, I woke in a bit of a funk, so we took a walk, and then ended up at Goodwill, where there was a sale, and I got a few new pieces of clothing, and a pair of shoes for H, who desperately needed them. I hope that these ones last better than the last pair, which fell apart extremely quickly. Then we got work done in the afternoon, and had dinner with H's family for his brother's birthday, which was a pretty good time.
And now it's the work/school week again, and I should get out of here and get some school work done, already.
Sunday we got out and went to one of H's family's favorite outdoor activity type places, so we did some hiking, picnicked, saw a marine animal hospital, and attempted kite flying, with rather moderated success: the kite would fly, swoop and soar briefly, and then nose-dive into the sand (there was also a beach). It was hysterical fun, at least until my hands got too cold. It was the first Sunday that we'd had time to go do something fun in a while. It was also the first day without rain in about a week, which made being outside even better.
That night, we picked up H's brother from the airport (he's home for spring break from college, his last year thereof). I got a bit ruffled because he (the brother) spent the entire ride home talking about himself and showing off, basically, with No attention paid to me, and very little to H. It was very frustrating, and rather insulting. It played off of some rivalry between H and his brother about intellectual and other achievements, as well as the brother's general immaturity, but nevertheless, was not pleasant for me.
Monday, I woke in a bit of a funk, so we took a walk, and then ended up at Goodwill, where there was a sale, and I got a few new pieces of clothing, and a pair of shoes for H, who desperately needed them. I hope that these ones last better than the last pair, which fell apart extremely quickly. Then we got work done in the afternoon, and had dinner with H's family for his brother's birthday, which was a pretty good time.
And now it's the work/school week again, and I should get out of here and get some school work done, already.