A Treasure Found at Home

for the past couple weeks i’ve had family in town. first the mom and dad who raised me came in for a few days to help set up the new, huge tv they gave me for the winter holiday. it arrived on jan 6, so i see it as an epiphany gift. jesus got gold, frankincense, and myrrh; i got an hd tv. jesus’ were delivered by three wise men, mine by two strong guys. the big differences seem to be that mine uses electricity and his smelled good.

after they left i had a day to myself then my biological mom and sis and sis’ friend showed up. we had a nice, but brief visit. bmom is very interested in getting me to date someone. we reviewed every guy she saw me speak to all weekend. when i mentioned my co-worker’s wife she said, ‘oh, we wondered about him.’

now, usually when i hear this from other people it sounds like a question regarding sexual orientation. i have never in the years that i’ve known this man heard anyone say they thought he was gay, so i was really interested in why they did. so i asked, ‘what did you wonder about him?’

bmom, ‘why you weren’t dating him. but now we know he’s married.’

‘even if he weren’t,’ i said, ‘i would never date someone i work that closely with!’

bmom just looked at me funny.

later in the car ride home from radical adventurer’s housewarming bmom was at it again. sis suddenly spoke up from the back seat, ‘i’m so glad i have a boyfriend so i never have to hear this!’

thanks, sis!

all in all it was a great visit, though too short.  it didn’t help that i had to work over the weekend, as well.

this week is going to be a big week so i’m feeling pretty lucky that my current house guest (hamster grrl) has to work on her dissertation for her ph.d. while she’s here. giving her time to do that (by working on db stuff) means i’m a *good* host, and not just ignoring her.