Dateline 12-4-2016

Yesterday was a nice but uneventful day. It was my youngest nephew's third birthday party which meant time with the family that is always welcome. There was that weird part of the first part of the family where there was a divide in the room between our family, my nephew's father's family with yet another divide for my sister's friends that kind of stood in packs as all the children played.

I'm not pointing out the divide as a negative thing, there's no us versus them that can happen with family get-togethers. No, this divide was more reminiscent of when I was living in Seattle and actually had friends. I often had several groups of friends like; the group of friend I made while working at Amazon, my movie theater friend from, my filmmaking friends, etc. 

For the most part, I would keep these groups separate because of how they each served a different purpose which led me to act slightly different depending on which group I was with. This made it awkward something like a birthday would arise to where all groups would combine leaving me worried that I was paying more attention to one group over the others.

This is how it felt only I was just a member of a group and not the person having to navigate interacting with everyone, which isn't that bad of a place to be in these sorts of situations. Since the event did take place at my mom's house, our family outlasted all the other factions and spent the rest of the evening talking over TV shows as they played in the background.

This is what partying on a Saturday night has evolved to mean to me, and I didn't even opt to settle in now that I'm getting old. Oh well, it was still fun. Now it's time to figure out what to do for the day. I'll be sure to check in tomorrow with any updates. 

Talk to you then,

The Wicker Breaker