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posted December 30, 2007 2:01 PM PST

family christmas

i love my family. 

we're kind of unusually close -- my parents, my two brothers and myself.  my folks and the younger of my brothers live on the east coast, so we don't get to be all together more than once or twice a year anymore, so when there is a chance, we all do whatever we can to get there.

they all came out here to LA for the holidays this year, so as of today, all five of us have been living together in a (albeit large) two bed/one bath apartment for the last week.  we've watched a lot of television, and gone on just about every non-amusement-park-related day-trip you can do in the greater Los Angeles area.  we've dined out.  we've dined in.  we've spent hours trying to decide what to do next.  we've argued.  we've watched my father dismantle and try to reassemble our wireless network (i'm here, so i guess the latest attempt finally worked).  i think we're all just about ready for a break.

i had a moment the other day -- the first time (perhaps surprisingly) that this thought has come to me -- as we were all schlepping into the Autry Museum: we might be too old for this now; it might be a little on the bizarre side for a family with three grown children to be wandering around to cultural attractions the same way we did twenty years ago.  and yet, i don't want NOT to do it...

anyway, brother #2 left this morning, and the folks fly out tomorrow, so this visit is winding down.  i miss my family desperately when they're not close, but after a week, i'm ready for some alone time.

last updated December 30, 2007 2:12 PM PST