gigamatic

5 days without Internet access or cell phone signal SUCKS ASS, let me tell you. I couldn't communicate and it was HELL.

But, it was also good, and refreshing to be so disconnected, although I nearly gave myself an ulcer worrying about how work was doing while I was gone.

I got to see my grandmother. And my aunts and uncles. And a couple cousins and their families too.

Everyone here has been asking me how it went, so I'll tell you. It simply went. I can't say it went well, and I can't say it went shitty (because it was far from that). Saying goodbye is hard, and moreso when the person you're saying goodbye to doesnt think it is goodbye.

So, I'm ok. I've come close to crying twice. It's not so bad.

And, I got a trunk-load of booty. No pun intended. We now have a super-duper new HEPA canister vacuum. And a few photos, some funky aluminum tumblers, a 1925 wall hanging about "Friendship". Oh, and the title to my grandfather's first Beetle, with his signature at the bottom (along with photos of the car), and my grandmother's certificate to teach in NH.

I also came back with some more info on my great aunt Margaret. Apparently she danced on Broadway for 2 years in the late 1920s or early 1930s.

Among the things that my parents brought back for me are: family recipes, my grandmother's junior high and high school diplomas (1924 and 1926, respectively), a teaching award, a service award from her high school, a set of HEAVY wine goblets (nobody is certain of their origin), some potholders made by my great-grandmother, more photos, the Morris chair, a set of silverware, and some other miscellany.

I can't wait to get the photo scanned in of my grandmother as a baby, being held by her grandmother and great-grandfather, with her mother close-by.

Oh, and by the way, work has totally sucked ass today, too. Three server problems, and everybody asking what the status of their projects are. Wow. Go figure -- I havent done anything since I LEFT A WEEK AGO, dumbasses.