vacation is over.

well,
it was big fun while it lasted, that's for sure....
but now it's all done.
awwwwwww, man!
it's barely light out,
it's terribly cold out,
and it's so threateningly winter-weather woeful in the forecast.
anyway,
all of that is only relevant this morning
because in just a little minute, we're loading up the car,
and cruising south for an absolutely odious transaction-
yeah.
harvest and maple go back to their other other home,
(the one that isn't away-from-home)
and back to the friends and family members that constitute their real life.
that also means that fun vacation dad resumes his role as responsible adult,
following a foul-weather full-day's worth of flight and fight
from here to there, and back again.
mmhmmm.
total bummer.
the time and money invested in losing out this morning
is a tough slab of suckage to swallow whole,
but,
if i were to really ruminate on it,
i'm pretty much positive there'd be more resentment
than the cud could handle, kids.
yikes.
so,
a big ol' chuggable gulp of gaytardation is the way this weekend begins.
no.
it's cool.
i probably need it.
inoculation is supposedly a safe method of immunity-boosting.
uh-huh.
so,
if i just eat a little bit of sh!t-salad sadness,
i'll eventually be coliform-resistant when the doo-doo butter is neck deep.
oh, man.
neighbors,
if only i was dumb enough to believe that!!
instead,
i'm saying farewell to my favorite folks,
and goodbye to two good girls....
everything ends, eventually.
today is just the day that family togetherness runs out for a bit.
there will be more, don't doubt it-
there's just not ever going to be enough.
too much is the right amount,
and last i checked,
moderation isn't invited to the Folk Life & Liberty Fortress.
that's real.
it's a tough time over here.
long faces and longer drives,
heavy hearts and lead feet.
it's all really happening,
like it or not;
never quiet, never soft.....