Okay. I'm home.
from a very long and wonderful trek through historic Illinois, and a visit with family.
The upsides: seeing grandmothers, second cousins, second cousins once removed, and third cousins twice removed, first cousins, an aunt, great-aunt and great-uncle. Going on a historic tour of the places my mom haunted, the Lincoln Living History Museum, the John Wood museum in Quincy, and also the mall, trying on costumes at my second cousin once removed's house (we have pictures), going to Warren Dunes (THE WATER WAS COOL AND VERY CLEAR AND PERFECTLY CALM...), the Morton Arboretum (lovely hiking trail. Again, pictures.), and my little cousins' house in MI (there are five of them now). Seeing several incomparable sunsets (I got one in my journal), having conversations, playing chess with my second cousin and Puppy Race with my first cousin (age two), having a dinner party and a talent show. Creeping around outside at 11:PM outside my grandmother's farmhouse, waiting for Papa to get home. Putting together a 700+ piece puzzle and watching episodes of The Lucy Show, especially the two that had Carol Burnette. :D
see why you won't get a detailed description?
The downside: being sick the whole time. In the car Tuesday (the way up), I had aches all over, chills, and developed a fever that night. The fever turned into a sinus infection and sore throat, which turned quickly into laryngitis (I lost my voice completely, which gave rise to several jokes), and that turned into BRONCHitis. And now I have a cough.
However, it was a wonderful, irreplaceable experience, and I'm glad it happened.
I have a brand new cousin. He's three weeks old, has blue blue eyes and thick black baby hair. And he really didn't like me to hold him, but that's okay. I was sick, anyway.
Time to get off. Bybye.
P.S.--ever heard The Grass is Blue, by Dolly Parton? Cute song. On that tribute album, Just Because I'm a Woman, Norah Jones sings it, and I was reminded of it because Perv just had it pop up on Launch.
The upsides: seeing grandmothers, second cousins, second cousins once removed, and third cousins twice removed, first cousins, an aunt, great-aunt and great-uncle. Going on a historic tour of the places my mom haunted, the Lincoln Living History Museum, the John Wood museum in Quincy, and also the mall, trying on costumes at my second cousin once removed's house (we have pictures), going to Warren Dunes (THE WATER WAS COOL AND VERY CLEAR AND PERFECTLY CALM...), the Morton Arboretum (lovely hiking trail. Again, pictures.), and my little cousins' house in MI (there are five of them now). Seeing several incomparable sunsets (I got one in my journal), having conversations, playing chess with my second cousin and Puppy Race with my first cousin (age two), having a dinner party and a talent show. Creeping around outside at 11:PM outside my grandmother's farmhouse, waiting for Papa to get home. Putting together a 700+ piece puzzle and watching episodes of The Lucy Show, especially the two that had Carol Burnette. :D
see why you won't get a detailed description?
The downside: being sick the whole time. In the car Tuesday (the way up), I had aches all over, chills, and developed a fever that night. The fever turned into a sinus infection and sore throat, which turned quickly into laryngitis (I lost my voice completely, which gave rise to several jokes), and that turned into BRONCHitis. And now I have a cough.
However, it was a wonderful, irreplaceable experience, and I'm glad it happened.
I have a brand new cousin. He's three weeks old, has blue blue eyes and thick black baby hair. And he really didn't like me to hold him, but that's okay. I was sick, anyway.
Time to get off. Bybye.
P.S.--ever heard The Grass is Blue, by Dolly Parton? Cute song. On that tribute album, Just Because I'm a Woman, Norah Jones sings it, and I was reminded of it because Perv just had it pop up on Launch.
posted by Unknown at 5:56 PM
6 Comments:
Hah! First review!
:-)
Glad you had a good time. Glad you're back. Sad that you're sick, but can sympathize. At least partially.
:-)
YOU'RE HOME!!! WELCOME HOME!!! YAY!!!!!
I'm sorry you were so sick! *pats back* but welcome back, I missed you.
Glad to have you back, Pip.
Sorry you were sick all the time--that's miserable on vacation.
Thanks for giving me a more "detailed" account than some of what I got yesterday. *hem hem* :)
What does it mean when your cousins have been removed? I've always wondered that.
Glad you're home and posting again! Glad you're not sick anymore too!
~Nella
If I'm right (which I'm probably not), a once-removed cousin is your mom or dad's first cousin. A twice-removed cousin is your grandfather/mother's cousin. And so on. A second cousin would be the child of your once-removed cousin.
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