Weekend at CRR
Jun. 24th, 2013 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
randy_byersWhen I arrived at the Redmond-Bend airport on Friday, my mom said, "You're the youngest one in the house this weekend." The family was gathering at the Crooked River house for a belated Father's Day celebration, but none of the younger generations was there. I'm not sure when last it was just my parents, siblings, and sister-in-law. Probably decades. As I said to said sister-in-law yesterday while I was putting dishes in the dishwasher after the Father's Day meal, "Well, the nice thing about the kids not being around is that there are fewer dishes to clean."
"True," she said, "but the kids aren't here to do the cleaning!"
My parents moved out of the Crooked River house last year, and they want to sell it. Fortunately my brother wants to buy it, so it will stay in the family. My parents built that house, and we all worked on it, so the family connection is particularly strong. In any event, my brother has his own ideas about various things regarding the house, including what kind of finish to put on it, so he spent all weekend stripping the old finish off the south side of the house, which takes a hard beating from the desert sun. This left me feeling a bit antsy, because I felt that I should help, yet I really just wanted to veg.
Mostly I vegged, although I did help a little. I felt weirdly exhausted this weekend, particularly on Sunday. I'm not sure what the cause was, although I've been feeling a bit stressed out by work lately. A co-worker retired at the end of May, and I took on some of her work, so I guess it's been just that much more demanding on my time and mental energy. Anyway, I surely could have used a few more days to vacate and bake myself in the desert sun. Then again it started to rain yesterday, so the baking part wouldn't have been in the cards.
The plan is to get together for a week at the end of August, and we discussed various plans for hiking and day trips. Sounds like a grand time. I can't wait.
"True," she said, "but the kids aren't here to do the cleaning!"
My parents moved out of the Crooked River house last year, and they want to sell it. Fortunately my brother wants to buy it, so it will stay in the family. My parents built that house, and we all worked on it, so the family connection is particularly strong. In any event, my brother has his own ideas about various things regarding the house, including what kind of finish to put on it, so he spent all weekend stripping the old finish off the south side of the house, which takes a hard beating from the desert sun. This left me feeling a bit antsy, because I felt that I should help, yet I really just wanted to veg.
Mostly I vegged, although I did help a little. I felt weirdly exhausted this weekend, particularly on Sunday. I'm not sure what the cause was, although I've been feeling a bit stressed out by work lately. A co-worker retired at the end of May, and I took on some of her work, so I guess it's been just that much more demanding on my time and mental energy. Anyway, I surely could have used a few more days to vacate and bake myself in the desert sun. Then again it started to rain yesterday, so the baking part wouldn't have been in the cards.
The plan is to get together for a week at the end of August, and we discussed various plans for hiking and day trips. Sounds like a grand time. I can't wait.
