Not a whole lot to report for today. We came out to my Uncle John’s house this morning and hung out here all day, talking, having cheese and diet Pepsi on their patio, running errands. Brittney calls him “the flip off uncle” because I have a photo of me and my brothers and my mom and him on the sofa in my house on the night before my wedding, and he has a huge grin on his face and he’s flipping off the camera. Late afternoon I took Tilly and went running up and down the HUGE hill on the main road near their house. We didn’t go very far, partly because there was not much of a shoulder to the road and I was afraid she would get into the street, but mostly because I don’t do 20% grades very well. Texas is FLAT and that’s what I’m used to! This evening my cousin John Evan and his wife and kids came for dinner, along with family friend Yasuko, whose kids my mom used to babysit for in the early 1960s. The Richardson kids seemed to get all the energy in the family while the McCormack kids are much calmer. It took a lot out of me, to be “on” for that long. John seems a lot calmer than he used to; not as much angry energy. I think being a dad has helped him a lot. Tomorrow we go back to the property in Sequim for Mom to meet with the plumber. She was hoping that would happen today but he needed to meet tomorrow instead. Hopefully we will also be able to take Tilly to the beach to play in the water. I know I’ve only been gone six days, but I feel a little homesick for […]