The last of the family was dropped off at the airport this morning. It was wonderful to see them, but I am really looking forward to having the house to myself (and the cats) for the first time in a week and a half. My niece is teething, so she slept very poorly, which meant the rest of us did, as well.
My dad & brother spent about 6 hours hanging new lights in the kitchen (the old ones were hung very strangely & had freaky wiring, so it took a while), installed a new ceiling fan/light in the front bedroom, rewired a basement outlet, and ran a phone jack into my living room so that people will no longer trip on the phone cord as it stretches across the entryway and over to the futon. Yay!
We also had the unpleasant discussion about what to do with my parents' bodies when they die, which one of us wants to be executor of their will (my brother does, thank goodness), and how to convince them to let us sort through all the stuff in storage & dispose of much of it now, rather than waiting until they return to the US or die. All-in-all, it went better than it could have.
I'm looking forward to another long weekend, as I don't feel like I've had any vacation at all.
Posted by rachel at December 29, 2004 04:45 PM