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canyonwalkerThanksgiving '24 Travelog #7
Front Royal, VA - Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 1:30pm
We're still in northern Virginia, still visiting with relatives. It's a stretched out process because many of my relatives we're only able to see one or two at a time because they're a) spread out and b) still working this week so we have to fit things around their schedules. And today is another stretched-out day of driving, as we're currently in Front Royal, about 60 miles west of our hotel that's about 10 miles west of Washington, DC, and will make a few other stops on our drive before the day is done.
Today we met my niece, "Bettie", and her boyfriend "Kai", for lunch. Bettie and Kai are young adults, 18-19 years old, working entry level jobs as they figure out paths forward in life. That's a jump forward as the last time I saw Bettie was 5 years ago, and she was a little kid then. I mean, she still thought poop jokes were funny. (Though to be fair, so did everyone age 5-75 except her dad.)
We'd seen Bettie's older sisters, Tessa and Mattie, just a few days before. We talked about that, including how Mattie with her infant son Dean makes me feel old. The child's grandma is 7 years younger than me!
We also talked about family situations. You might recall from blogs I wrote a few years ago that Tessa has a very strained relationship with her parents. Well, so do Mattie and Bettie now. 😖 Tessa and Mattie have moved out and live with their partners. Bettie still has one foot in her parents' house and one foot in with Kai's family, and she works her schedule to minimize interaction with her own parents. It's tough when you can't yet afford to live on your own and you can't live with your parents without hearing a daily screed about how your behavior is immoral and your boyfriend is the wrong race.
Front Royal, VA - Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 1:30pm
We're still in northern Virginia, still visiting with relatives. It's a stretched out process because many of my relatives we're only able to see one or two at a time because they're a) spread out and b) still working this week so we have to fit things around their schedules. And today is another stretched-out day of driving, as we're currently in Front Royal, about 60 miles west of our hotel that's about 10 miles west of Washington, DC, and will make a few other stops on our drive before the day is done.
Today we met my niece, "Bettie", and her boyfriend "Kai", for lunch. Bettie and Kai are young adults, 18-19 years old, working entry level jobs as they figure out paths forward in life. That's a jump forward as the last time I saw Bettie was 5 years ago, and she was a little kid then. I mean, she still thought poop jokes were funny. (Though to be fair, so did everyone age 5-75 except her dad.)
We'd seen Bettie's older sisters, Tessa and Mattie, just a few days before. We talked about that, including how Mattie with her infant son Dean makes me feel old. The child's grandma is 7 years younger than me!
We also talked about family situations. You might recall from blogs I wrote a few years ago that Tessa has a very strained relationship with her parents. Well, so do Mattie and Bettie now. 😖 Tessa and Mattie have moved out and live with their partners. Bettie still has one foot in her parents' house and one foot in with Kai's family, and she works her schedule to minimize interaction with her own parents. It's tough when you can't yet afford to live on your own and you can't live with your parents without hearing a daily screed about how your behavior is immoral and your boyfriend is the wrong race.
