On family and blindness

After two days without being able to focus (literally, my eyes were not working properly, I couldn't focus) I realized how much you sometimes want to kill your family members and how much you love them. First, my mom was supposed to go with me to the doctor's appointment cause i forgot the location of the office(something pretty common with me to forget addresses and locations)but then she called and says she had a couple of things to do with dad so she canceled and I got pissed off, but I calmed down and went along with the day. Thing two was that my husband decided to do things his way and his way makes me nervous because it involves leaving the house an hour after the hour I had planned and it is a long trip, so it made me nervous and annoyed but still, I took a deep breath and allowed GPS system in the I- phone do the magic. In the end, I did make it to my appointment on time, I arrived there with my husband and left with the whole crew, my mom arrived there with my dad and my sister came into the picture like half an hour later. Those are things that make me remember that I love them. But this is a family themed posting so here is the other part. There are also things that make me remember how much I would like to strangle them sometimes. Once the test was done, given the side effects of the meds, I was unable to focus on anything so for me everything, specially at short sight range was a blur. And there they were, making jokes about me being blind. Making hand gestures (not nice ones) and asking me what they were doing.That was not funny. I guess family is like that, you can't change them, you just have to love them.

That last comment helps me make the transition to another thing that has been on my brain lately. Ok, so I am completely hooked with this TV series, "Parenthood", I guess, after all they remind me a little of my own family. The series was harshly criticized for being an idealized version of what a family is but I think that is not completely true. Those of us who have big families know that sometimes things can get messy, but no matter how messy, in the end, almost all the time, things work out and we end up forgiving and forgetting just because they are family and we love them. If I had to choose a favorite from the series, I guess it would have to be Julia because she is constantly trying to juggle her career with being the type of mom that always know what is going on in her 6 year old's life.But since her work consumes so much time, she is always making mistakes and getting into trouble with the other moms. It's so funny how being a lawyer she can't handle "pre-school politics". I guess sooner or later we will all get there.

Have a nice day everyone.