Spent this last weekend in NC, celebrating the occasion of my sister’s wedding. I’ve never actually gotten all teary at weddings, and had chalked the whole idea up to an urban myth. And yet, there I was, all sniffley as she walked down the aisle.

So proud.

Said wedding was in Asheville, NC – a beautiful little city that I recommend anyone on the east coast with a leaning towards the arts go visit.

Because this was my family thing that I was dragging Bill to, I was in charge of all the travel arrangements. We have since decided that this is not always a good idea. Figuring that the simplest thing would be to fly directly from Newark to Asheville, I didn’t give any thought to the actual size of a 50 seater plane until Bill looked out the window of the airport terminal, looked at me, and gave a look that said “I’m getting into what?”

I’ll know better next time.

So I was miss economical for the entire trip – except when I walked over to the car rental counter, and found myself renting a Cadillac. I figure, it’ll be the closest I get to something like that for at *least* a decade, so why not enjoy it?

And I did enjoy it – after I stopped hyperventillating about spending so much. (I have issues.)

I give you…. fizzgigg.

1. The only person I have to live up to is me.
2. Killing yourself for your job only goes so far. Sometimes you have to say no to the money and yes to sanity. This does not make you a flake.
3. It doesn’t matter what sort of shit the folks around you are pulling – their bad acts do not justify your bad acts.
4. It doesn’t matter how badly your parents screwed you up – your life is your own damm responsibility.
5. Breeding does not equal sainthood.
6. I do not care about your kids. They may be special, but they do not make *you* special.
7. For every two weddings you dance at, be prepared to get dragged though one divorce.
8. One day, you will wake up on the other end of the generation gap. That’s ok.
9. You had sex. Your kids *will* have sex. There is a better than even chance that this will happen before marriage. Try to ensure that when they choose to do this, it’s for a better reason than “This will really piss mom and dad off. Wheee!”
10. Education stops when you’re dead. Not one day sooner.
11. MBNA does not make monoply money. Do not let them get you by the balls.

I give you…. Skippy. And all the many, many things he cannot do in the army.

Erm, Bill? You know that comic you keep wanting to write about our cats? Apparently, someone beat you to it. On a side note, I am now *in pain* from laughter.