Today was the first cFam xmas party since you know when (2019 was the last) and this is the only picture I took. The Twinz of Terror in Santa hats.

In truth, I usually don’t take many photos at events like this. For one thing, I’m pretty terrible at photographing people. Also, I understand why people like to take posed family pictures (even informal ones like at parties) but I kinda hate it and only grudgingly cooperate with it. I much prefer candids, at least when they are not “fuglies”, or photos that show some kind of action, not just a person’s face. Being an amateur iPhone-ographer, I’m only randomly good at capturing those moments.

Oh well, enough of that. I was too busy yakking to take pictures anyway. It was a lovely party, hosted by the Lord and Lady of Linden, the only folks in the family who own a house big enough to host even the fraction of our crowd that could attend. Pizza and some of its friends made it easy on the hostess. I hope. I know I was not much help.

It was great to reconnect to folks in person after so many years. I mean, we have been with a lot of these people individually or in small groups throughout but this once annual big bash has been on hold. I love how well our children’s generation has turned out, the 19 grandchildren of my late parents-in-law. Successful, thoughtful, articulate adults all.

I hung out at the introvert table. The GG was wildly mingling, helping little kids build forts and who knows what else. At one point he flew by to ask me why I wasn’t circulating. My reply was that I was at the introvert table and people were coming to me. And they were. Covid isolation taught me to embrace being introverted and to “re-brand” myself as a “friendly introvert”. I was able to put that into practice tonight.

Bone dry roads at 24 degrees or whatever were also appreciated for our 80 mile round trip. Thank you Old Man Winter.

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