Busy Day

This was a great day. Busy, busy, busy! We started the morning with a 5-mile walk in Fort Collins along the Poudre trail. That was great, saw lots of wildlife. I may not be as into the birding as Jeff is, but I still think it's beautiful.
Then once we got home, we desided to attack the damn store room that has been up to the ceiling with boxes since we moved in...wince. It's now a clean utility room. It was nice that James said he could take all those boxes, saves having to take them to the recylcing center.
Finally, we gave the car a good cleaning, inside & out. OMG did it need it! But it looks nice now. :0)
My Dad called twice today. Once at 8am right before we left for the hike, he sounded either drunk or stoned...wasn't sure. But there was another message around 530pm wishing us a happy easter again so I would speculate he was drunk the first time, that's when he usually forgets. The stoned calls he usually remembers. UGH, he can be annoying sometimes. But what are you going to do...no one is perfect, and everyone else has turned there back on him. I do worry about his health though, and Robbie's as well. Those meds that Robbie takes are toxic enough without adding alcohol and/or pot. But, I guess he's lasted this long, so something must be ok. ;-)
I do miss my family, sometimes I wish we could live closer to them. But the only option would be Seattle, because I just don't think I could handle Spokane, and if we lived as far as Seattle, we may as well be here...there would be about as many visits. And if you exclude Mom & Dad and Dad & Robbie that would equal zero! I can't really blame them though, they all have kids, and it makes it very hard to put trips together, I just wish I could see my nieces and nephews grow up. I feel like my aunt terri, when I was a kid, she lived in Portland, and we saw her about once every few years. I mean Kelice is the only one that really knows me...to the rest of them, I am just this person they are told they are supposed to call Uncle Pat, but they don't really know me. Oh well, what are you gonna do? LOL
Gawd this entry went all kinds of directions...guess that's what was on my mind tonight. :0)