Nun almost done with Florida.

Yesterday: I can barely remember. Grocery shopping for Mom. I introduced her to snobby beer. Dinner at fave local pizza joint, Leonardo's. Hung out a bit with cardinalximinez & fizzgig_bites. Tried to hit University Club alone, but despite being fabulously dressed, it was closed.

Today: Attempted to visit the nearby giant sinkhole that is the Devil's Millhopper, but it's closed on Tuesdays (!). So I went to a park that was our childhood favorite, got some Zen walking in the woods on the new trail across the street, laughed at how the outdoor pool I learned to swim in was "closed for the season" even though it was 76°F (24C). Went to UF's natural history museum with Mom and grooved on the funky Florida fossils. Giant ground sloths, anyone?

Tonight: Drinks with Mom & her friend M, packing. I'm ready to go home.

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The end for my Ex's father may come within the next 24 hours. Ex was in tears when I talked to her yesterday, and has been posting about making the decision to stop heroic measures. If she needs me to help out with logistics or our son, I'll be there.

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Lessons learned from this trip:

• Don't come here over Christmas if I can help it. College towns are dead over academic breaks. Yeah, I know: what did I expect?
• Make sure a non-maternal person will be here in the house when I am.

I'm not sure I've ever been down here over Christmas with just my mom, so I didn't know how meshuggah it was going to make me. Now I do.