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Apr. 7th, 2009 03:44 pmThere was fic yesterday: Chapter 8 of Youth's Final Luxury.
Was bored and leafing through the PDH backlogs. This one amuses me greatly. For the record, my adviser did NOT give me away. But he was the reader at our wedding. (Hubby and I had the same adviser.)
Speaking of giving away and dads, Toby's been putting together that "Grandma" is MY mommy. So, today he asked me "Do you have a Daddy? Is Grandpa your daddy?"
Ouch.
I did tear up, and it's funny how I couldn't answer for a moment. Not that I was devastated, just... how do you explain "died" to a three year old without him being worried his daddy will do the same thing? Fortunately, we navigated it well. I kind of glossed over the died part and showed him a picture of my dad, and we talked a little about stepdads (which technically, my mom's husband isn't as he married my mom when I was 23, but it's easier) and that he has another grandfather that would have loved him very, very much. That part made me tear up a little more, because if there was one person living or dead I could spend time with, it would be my dad. He's never even met my husband, much less my kids.
Anyway.
What's with the cold weather today? Not looking forward to my run tonight. Hubby's best friend decided he wants to run a half-marathon and was looking for company. I'll never be able to keep up with him, but I decided I need a goal and started training. I've got until September, so as long as I can keep injury free this time, it should be doable. I'm psyched. I've always wanted to do a marathon. Don't know if I'll pull that one off because of time and propensity to hurt my foot, but if I could do a half, that would be a little closer. (I've done 15Ks before, so I'm pretty sure this is doable.)
Ah well. Should continue typing while Toby's watching Cars and Trevor's asleep. Hope everyone is having a good one!
Was bored and leafing through the PDH backlogs. This one amuses me greatly. For the record, my adviser did NOT give me away. But he was the reader at our wedding. (Hubby and I had the same adviser.)
Speaking of giving away and dads, Toby's been putting together that "Grandma" is MY mommy. So, today he asked me "Do you have a Daddy? Is Grandpa your daddy?"
Ouch.
I did tear up, and it's funny how I couldn't answer for a moment. Not that I was devastated, just... how do you explain "died" to a three year old without him being worried his daddy will do the same thing? Fortunately, we navigated it well. I kind of glossed over the died part and showed him a picture of my dad, and we talked a little about stepdads (which technically, my mom's husband isn't as he married my mom when I was 23, but it's easier) and that he has another grandfather that would have loved him very, very much. That part made me tear up a little more, because if there was one person living or dead I could spend time with, it would be my dad. He's never even met my husband, much less my kids.
Anyway.
What's with the cold weather today? Not looking forward to my run tonight. Hubby's best friend decided he wants to run a half-marathon and was looking for company. I'll never be able to keep up with him, but I decided I need a goal and started training. I've got until September, so as long as I can keep injury free this time, it should be doable. I'm psyched. I've always wanted to do a marathon. Don't know if I'll pull that one off because of time and propensity to hurt my foot, but if I could do a half, that would be a little closer. (I've done 15Ks before, so I'm pretty sure this is doable.)
Ah well. Should continue typing while Toby's watching Cars and Trevor's asleep. Hope everyone is having a good one!
