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I really do love Charlottesville.

I woke up this morning to the sound of children stomping around in the room below me, so I got up and came down the stairs. As I was walking down, I heard my brother announce to the girls "It sounds like Aunt Meg is up!" They both said "YAY!" which filled my heart with joy, and then as I round the corner to the room where everyone is hanging out, Bess is running to my brother's computer to look for me. D'oh.

There are two explanations for this. One is that I frequently Skype them, so that's how she's used to seeing me. The other is that in their house, being glued to your electronics is known as "Megging out," so she expected to find me where the computer was. Heh. But when she saw the actual me, she ran up and gave me a great big hug, and omg I love that kid.

I spent a little while playing with them this morning, then I went to Bodo's to meet Gail for brunch. She caught me up on all the bridge gossip, we planned her next visit to Portland, and I filled her in on most of my drama. I got back to the house around noon to find it empty again. I think my brother took his kids to the pool, and I'm guessing Adrian joined them there, or is still hanging out with his friend Trevor. I'm trying to talk my brothers into joining me for Body Pump later today, but so far I'm not having much luck. I really think they'd like it, and it would be super fun to do the class with them.

I have no idea when Mom, Dad, and Lucy will arrive, but I hope it's soon. I'm annoyed that I'm here but no one is here hanging out with me! I wanna play with my family!

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My brother brought his dog, Slim, down with them for the weekend. He also brought a Ziploc bag of Slim's food, because, you know, he might get hungry. That bag of food is just sitting on the kitchen counter, where Mom usually puts out snacks.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS FAMILY has reached for that bag of dog food. My dad came closest to actually eating it -- he was on his way to his mouth with it when Mom stopped him and told him what it was. But it kind of looks like little chocolate chips. And that's where the snacks go...so...

Lucy and I were hanging out, looking at old photos on my Facebook account. There are lots of her and her sisters. I pointed one out to her that is the wallpaper on my computer at work, and she said "You really treat us like your own children." I told her it was easy when I'm not financially responsible for them in any way, but of course I love them very much and no one in the world loves being an aunt as much as I do. I'm glad she gets how important she is to me. I hope that everyone I love knows just how much I love them...but I don't suppose that's likely or even possible.