Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Melancholy...
For the past couple of weeks our house has been a flurry of activity. First Kyle came home for a vacation and he always brings a certain amount of energy to the house. While he was here Sam managed to cut back on his schedule and actually spend some time at home for a change. Then for the last several days of Kyle's vacation, one of his friends from Texas came to visit. Our house was full, busy, and oh so much fun! I may have been outnumbered (4 men to 1 woman), but I certainly managed to hold my own. I can talk just about anyone under the table...I can hear all those that know me well say "amen" to that!
I always enjoy Kyle's visits and this one was no different. He had planned a lot of activities, but didn't get to do them all due to the smoky, hot conditions we were experiencing (which are thankfully much better now). He did seem to be busy most of the time though.
Kyle's friend (and now we consider him our friend as well) was a perfect house guest. He could teach Kyle a thing or two about neatness! We had a great time with him and it was our pleasure to have him visit. He never complained about the smoky air, the heat, or anything that the rest of us whined about!
Now Kyle and his friend are in Eureka, Steve is back to work, and Sam is off and running and the house is quiet and empty. As nice as that may sound, I must admit that I miss all the chaos. With the chaos and clutter (all Kyle's, never his friend's) came the joy and laughter...there was the deodorant fiasco, the unintentional video, the iced tea accident, the great debate over the best photo for the fair, the bloody nose story, the e-mail obsession, and the list goes on. All great memories that will make me smile for a long time to come.
I thoroughly enjoyed having a full house and miss all the noise and activity. Anyone want to come for a visit?
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I enjoyed the time that Kyle was here. He certainly had a full schedule of things to do.
There was also the "where is Kyle going to sleep" debate. In the living room, on the floor in Sam's room or whether he would just go over and stay at his grandparents house. He chose the floor. Where we he put all his stuff while staying in Sam's room, well that's another debate. However, everything worked our just fine.
Kyle's friend was a joy to be around. He has a good sense of humor regardless of whether it was about one of us or himself. We learned alot about each other and he was willing to go see just about anything.
Good times and great company is a very good combination.
Here's to the next visit.
I'm glad you got to have some fun with Kyle...your golf score was pretty rough, but at least you caught a ball at the River Cats game! It was very nice of you to give it to that little boy. I am sure he will treasure it for a long time.
Very nice post as always.
Ah yes, it was quite a trip. I must say, it's nice to have my own bedroom and to be sleeping on an actual bed again, though. I think I was able to check off pretty much everything on my to-do list for my trip, despite the heat and smoke, so that was good too.
PhD boy enjoyed your post and laughed at the funny stories at the end, but he wasn't so sure the deodorant fiasco was appropriate for posting. I don't know why, because it had nothing to do with him in the first place!
If you're still looking for visitors, hopefully you can fit me in at the end of the month, if I can successfully fight off the latest round of requests for overtime voluteers, which does involve my upcoming long weekend. If that doesn't work out, perhaps you can change your plans (again) and head up to the beautiful, cloudy, cool, comfortable north coast for a visit instead.
Kyle,
I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation and the post. Tell PhD boy that I am glad he got a laugh and I am sorry about mentioning the deodorant fiasco! Oooops, I mentioned it again!
Of course you can come back at the end of the month. I don't think we can change our plans because your dad has jury duty that week. If you have to cancel, we will work something else out soon so we can get your birthday gift to you. I don't know your schedule beyond Aug.4th.
You guys have fun today and send me a photo of the drive-thru tree.
BTW, Stacy went into labor yesterday evening. Haven't heard anything yet this morning.
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