hmph. and family.

[da]

My flight back's been delayed 90 minutes. but I'm going here for dinner. I'll report back whether "First Place, Best Airport Food and Beverage, 2004" means much of anything at all.

Driving back to the airport, I followed this ancient volvo with a black poodle sticking out the window. It would pull its head in, turn around inside the car, stick its head back out and wag enthusiastically. So cute.

This morning, I chatted with my uncle and grandma over lunch. I have lots of experience with my other grandma, who was profoundly hard of hearing, and progressively not-with-it for most of my adult life. I don't feel like I have much experience with Grandma Barbara, who's mentally there, and has a fairly strong personality. I hope I get to know her better.

She was talking about how much she enjoyed the party, and how proud she was of my cousin who planned the whole thing. It occurred to me how well D (my cousin) must know her, since they've lived in the same town D's entire life. Versus my dad, who went away to college and didn't really go back to Long Island; and my folks left NYC to northern NY so I only saw my other NYC grandmother a few times a year; and growing up I saw my third grandmother (dad's bio-mom) sporadically and I don't feel like I know her very well either.

This isn't to be maudlin; just something I'm thinking about.

My uncle has been working on his diet; he's gone from looking fairly fat to slightly chubby. He's 4 inches shorter than me, and he now weighs less than I do, which is a bit weird to consider. He put on most of his extra weight in his late 20s when he started programming; similarly to me; we were the same waist size at age 32. He's got diabetes, which is serious, and I want to be sure I can avoid heading in that direction. He has some similar health concerns as me: migraines, a cluster of allergies including dust mites, and mild asthma (though, my experience with all three of these seems much milder than his). We compared notes on migraine experiences, and he's told me about Topamax, a fairly hardcore drug his neurologist has started him on which has useful side-effects for him. I guess this is one advantage to having relatives you're on a talking basis with.

The party yesterday was fun. I think I'll write about it later; I should make sure I have enough time to get dinner at that First Place Restaurant before I board.

Comments

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

there's a broken link tag in your post :)

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Yes. There was. Thanks. ;)

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

So I didn't realize you were eating "cuisine" last night. Was it good?

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Bah. It turns out the main restaurant's outside security. I was in the concourse with their "deli", which had sandwiches and a very limited flatbread pizza menu. And I didn't feel like pizza. So, for the deli, nothing special.