Brother #4 et. al. left today after their long weekend. They had a delightful time. The weather was good and they got to see the sights. We had some laughs and a couple of good suppers Now the house is quiet again. I enjoyed their visit but it is nice to have the place to myself again. Even the best of visits are a tad exhausting. I am looking forward to things going back to normal. I will spend the next few days doing linen laundry and putting back a few things moved or put away for the visit. It feels good to once again walk around in my underwear and play music out loud.
In the festive spirit of their visit I ate food I normally don’t consume: grilled steak, cake, ice cream (chocolate and vanilla), and lots of (nasty) chips. These were delicious. On the negative after ingesting these delicacies I would immediately want to go to sleep. In the evening we played some board games I don’t quite remember being in. I didn’t win any of them no surprise. It doesn’t help the annual allergies started so I am back on the antihistamines. I could sleep for days if left alone. Despite the lethargy I am determined to go to the gym after work today; it will be my first time in a week.
It is only Tuesday but I am already wishing for Friday. I am in much of a rest – and a haircut. I look like a Wild Man from Borneo as we used to say while we were growing up. I have never met any men from Borneo, wild or not, so I don’t know if I truly resemble one. If they look like how I look I am sorry for them.
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April 2, 2019 at 3:07 PM
Old Lurker
And you have your Blue Room back, so you have additional storage space for more junk.
April 2, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Urspo
Nay! That room is to stay immaculate and tidy. I plan to go through the closet and slowly eliminate the stuff crammed in it.
April 2, 2019 at 3:57 PM
David Godfrey
Guests and fish are said to something in common. I like hotels, and always feel in the way as a houseguest.
April 2, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Urspo
Yes there is an awkwardness around boundaries and expectations. Hotels allow people space and clearer expectations.
April 2, 2019 at 4:10 PM
larrymuffin
Well let’s hope that their review on TripAdvisor meets with your description of the visit.
April 2, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Urspo
They have already left one “Avoid Curried Snacks” is all it says.
April 2, 2019 at 5:30 PM
Steven
But now that the relations are gone, what’s going to happen to the Blue Room? Stay clean and organized? 🙂 Oops! I see Old Lurker inquired about the same. My bad. 😦
April 2, 2019 at 8:02 PM
Urspo
I hope the Blue Room becomes as spartan as a Martha Stewart photo shoot.
April 2, 2019 at 5:32 PM
anne marie in philly
I hope warrior-queen had a good time with her uncles!
April 2, 2019 at 8:02 PM
Urspo
I think she did !
April 2, 2019 at 5:46 PM
Ravager619
Glad everyone had a great time, including Warrior Queen. Just take it easy for a bit. That’s all I’m doing for right now.
April 2, 2019 at 8:03 PM
Urspo
Yes I shall do so.
April 2, 2019 at 7:49 PM
Ron
Glad your visit went well. The Wild Man From Borneo wild hair you are probably remembering from an old W C Fields movie filed away in your memory bank. Get that head shaved.
April 2, 2019 at 8:03 PM
Urspo
This weekend I hope to have a very short hair cut. Nearly shaved.
April 2, 2019 at 10:25 PM
wcs
Haircut time in the wcs household as well. But the inertia is difficult to overcome.
April 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Urspo
Is it hard to get to the barber? Here it requires a drive and wait; it is way to easy to not bother to do/drive and wait.
April 3, 2019 at 4:52 AM
Willym
I am told many of them are under four feet – the wild men I mean. My sainted mother use to say: well it’s time for a haircut or we’ll have to buy you a violin. I’m not sure if this is the root of my antipathy to that particular instrument – what would Freud say?
April 3, 2019 at 11:01 AM
Urspo
He would have suggested you take the violin.
April 7, 2019 at 3:02 PM
Willym
And do what with it? Be kind… be gentle…
April 4, 2019 at 3:16 AM
Moving with Mitchell
As usual, you got me thinking. I looked up the Wild Men of Borneo. They were actually from Ohio, were well UNDER 4 feet, and you look nothing like them.