I give you

Marta and the kids leave early tomorrow to spend a week with her brother in Washington DC. I off course hate this since I'm not able to go or to be more frank, I prioritize work this time.

I'm all for them to go, I know that Tim Jr appreciates it, I just hate not to be there, to savor those few moments one gets with family, to sit in 15 years or so at Christmas looking at poorly shot pictures of the DC trip -09. I'll see myself in front of the fire place and everybody is not only sipping on a toddy but all of them were there, where the picture was taken and oh so much fun they had.

I will feel then as I do now, jealous, hiding it with a big ha ha, I'll be all right, you guys have fun , be safe. So much for a Viking.

And I always pick a fight with Marta the night before they leave. I don't want to but it hurts to see them leave. They'll come back and we will do this 2 more times before July. And that sucks.