It Bears Repeating...

I had a friend reach out yesterday to make sure I was okay since I haven't been writing much. Which was really lovely. And I am fine. Really. Like I mentioned before I'm trying to ease out of some things to get ready for Brent's retirement but also, I just haven't had much to say.

Or at least much to say that I haven't said before. I feel like I've shared all of my stories. I've vented my spleen so much it's practically air conditioned. I don't think there is an opinion I hold that you haven't heard. Or a picture of sleeping cats that is unique enough to show you again.

But she said she didn't care if she'd heard the story, or listened to the rant, or seen the boys before, she was up for seeing it all again.

Which made me think.

I mean, I agree if the shoe is on the other foot. I want to see all of the pictures of your trips, meals, families. I want to hear the story about how you did whatever it is that you did again and again and again if it brings you joy to tell it. And I also know that sometimes in the retelling you share something new that I've never heard before. Heck, there are times Brent will tell me something that I didn't know before about him and we've been together for over 40 years. (HOLY SHIT THAT IS SUCH A BIG NUMBER!)

It's part of why leaving the Meta monstrosities was hard. Seeing all of your lives day to day was great and I miss it. Not enough to damage my mental health, or give an inch to Zuck, by going back, but I still do miss it.

Basically this is just a heads up to know that the upcoming spate of blogs that are just repeating myself isn't a sign of my advancing age and forgetfulness, it's just that I'm going to stop worrying about if I've said it before and just say it again. Who knows? Maybe I'll add something new in there that you haven't heard before.

And for those of you who aren't on Bluesky so have not gotten your fill of Tig and Tux pictures over the past couple years here's a fairly recent one for you to enjoy...