This Christmas is a little strange. My wife left me… to visit family in Australia, so I’m on my own. I don’t have any family around, so my prospects were going to be pretty solitary. I ended up making the decision to drive down to Florida to visit with my grandparents for a couple days. It’ll make a nice change of pace, but a heck of a drive (9+ hours). The majority of the day will be spent in the car, probably making some phone calls to family that’s spread around (michigan, kentucky, new york, california, new mexico). That might eat up a couple hours of the drive at least

I’m just getting a bit reflective here. This is the first holiday season I’ve been sort of ‘naturally’ on my own for many years. I’m having to make a big effort to go visit family this year. Not complaining, just realizing that it’s like this for some people all the time, and I’m a bit more grateful for how my ‘regular’ life is these days (outside of this holiday season!)

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