For My Aunt

I've spent the last 3 days with my aunt at her house. In that time, I've done a whole lot of nothing (besides eating), and I've loved it. See, this is my "cool aunt." Everyone has one, or, at least, everyone should. You know, the aunt the cousins go to with their problems 'cause she's the one with the most open ear. The one that still parties after all the other aunts have hung up their party hats. The one who accepts all your peculiarities (especially the ones the parents don't like). She's my mother away from home, the one I can talk with about all the stuff I can't talk to my parents about. In fact, I stayed with her a couple of weeks back at the end of 2003.

Being here gives me serious time to lick my wounds. Kind of my safe spot, my place away from stress to just sit around, have a few beers, and crash on the couch whenever I need to. And my aunt is one of those who always wants to feed whoever's at her house, and me being a big fan of food, it all works out. :)

Anyhow, I've fallen into a bit of a funk today. I can't put my finger on it. Don't know where it came from. Been doing a lot of evaluating, thinking about random things. Maybe I just need to get out of my own head. Actually, I think that's it. I need to get out from under my thoughts for a while. So let me get off this computer and join the living.

I hope everyone has a great time tomorrow night and has the opportunity to see the year off with someone (or someones) they care about. Love to all and Happy New Year!!

--Joseph