Family

Jul. 25th, 2017 03:10 am
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So, my brother, nephew, and I went to visit my grandmother on Saturday. It's been 21 years since she's seen him and she's obviously never met my nephew. She was so overwhelmed...it was adorable. She wouldn't stop crying or anything. She ordered 32 pieces of chicken for 6 people (including 2 boys that are only 13) as well as 2 quarts of potato salad for 6 people. I don't think she knows how much people eat. Luckily I was able to bring it home. lol.

My nephew and I also got a chance to bond and talk about gaming and YouTube. We watch a lot of the same people. We play a lot of the same games. It was awesome. His birthday is also two days before mine. Which is adorable. I can't wait to buy him stuff.

Oh, I'm also 29 now. So. Yeah.

I'm feeling a lot better mentally. I need to do some patching with my other brother because he wanted to be a jerk (the brother who wanted to go this Saturday as a whole). I think I'll get the better of him though. We'll work it out.

In completely other news, Photobucket is holding people's pictures ransom. Literally. That's why you see the tiny pictures that aren't actually my mood settings. Like...now I have to re-upload and re-code. It pisses me off as well as a lot of other people who are having the same issue with Photobucket. People are not happy. Srsly not happy.

If anyone has any suggestions to another site where I can host my very tiny pictures and am able to quickly and efficiently access them, please let me know. I don't see any picture hosting options here on DW as I did with LJ, but maybe I'm missing something (I'm probably missing something).
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It went well.

Jul. 13th, 2017 09:43 pm
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The other day, I went over my brother's girlfriend's house to hang out with him, the first time we've actually spent more than two minutes together in the past 20 years...only because I couldn't find them.

It went so well. I had a photo album, a full piggy bank, and a manila envelope. All the grandkids (there are 7 in total) got the first two. Billy and Tony (my brothers) were the only ones to get the last one. Therefore, I didn't know what was in it.

Billy slowly opened the yellowed tan envelope and peered inside. He removed the contents, an Exxon patch from my grandfather's old uniform tumbling out along with all the birthday and Christmas cards they were never given as a child, but my grandmother kept for this very reason. There were a few pictures that she just forgot/didn't put in the book.

Then there were unopened birthday cards. The cards spanned from when he was about 13 to when he was 20. Opening each slowly, a dollar tumbled out of each, and he read the inscription held within the cover. They were updates on the year prior that she was going to give him "just in case she saw him". She didn't when she was writing those cards.

She will next Saturday though. She thinks I'm coming on my lonesome. However, I'm bringing both brothers with me. I plan to tape it. I plan to keep it for years. I plan to spend more time with them. Plan to get to know and spoil my nephew (1 from my brother Tony). Just...it makes me so happy. I mean, I'm still wickedly depressed, but this is so good.
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