I went out to a diner for brunch this morning by myself. I facebook messaged my dad while waiting to be seated. We did that for 10 mins or so. Just after I got seated and ordered, he called. Im usually the one to call him and in the past it was always to tell me some family member had died! But today, we had a really great conversation for 45 minutes straight! (The exact time I was at the diner actually.) He told me things about our past that I had no idea about- like when I was a kid, he used to buy and sell real estate for extra income! No idea until today! The stories of our houses- why we got each one and how- a great deal with the old owner of one, the one before that that was only supposed to be temporary while we got another house- but that other house got fumbled by the 70's recession. And LOTS about my birth! I had a very exciting birth and lets just say my mom and dad were air vac'd to the only hospital relatively close- from OK to TX- to an airforce base that had state-of-the-art equipment for preemies- because the OK hospital was more like a clinic and would have to let me die! Thete's a lit more (45 mins worth!) but these are just the highlights. YMy dad is getting old and he's unfortunately an alcoholic but he's a great dad. Im not excusing my life as an adult child of an alcoholic. Today was great. I will cherish it.