Last weekend I was in Phoenix to visit family. (Sorry, Marty, there was no time for non-family time.) It turned out to be more stressful than I anticipated, and my stress-level has remained higher than normal this week. Since family members read the blog, I can’t go into too much detail. Let it be enough to say that alcohol and politics should never mix. In fact, politics should never be discussed amongst family. It would be so nice if family-time was happy and joyful and butterflies and lollipops and jewel-toned chocolate sprinkles, but alas. It is a tightness that lodges itself in the shoulder muscles that support the neck. It is a caffeine-induced headache. It is throat host to a steady drip of sour phlegm. It is the cat howling at three o’clock in the morning.
mmazzocco | 24-Oct-08 at 10:12 pm | Permalink
Alas - I too know this stress. I have a good portion of my family in western PA. In the heart of the battle for this swing state. Unfortunately - they have proven themselves to be a complete and total embarrassment to me and mine. However - it just all goes unsaid…tension builds, never released and the balance is never upset. I can’t figure this approach out for the life of me…that’s why I am the black (hardly seen) sheep of the family.
I forgive you Alex - my life has been in total upheaval lately and it would have been hard for me to get away…next time.
alex | 29-Oct-08 at 1:22 pm | Permalink
I pray for your soul, Marty.
mmazzocco | 03-Nov-08 at 11:53 pm | Permalink
I am not sure if it’s my soul that is in danger every time I change a poopy diaper…it feels like it.