The WIRE!!!!!

Ok so I am a bit of a geek. When I get on a streak, I get on a streak. I have spent the last few days completely wrapped up in "The Wire" HBO series. I am like 5 years too late. It is AWESOME. I think I am so wrapped up in all the cursing and drugs and forbidden street slang. Its bad enough that everything they do is in code, but when you are able to figure out what is being said in code, you have probably watched too much. I am trying to get my hands on the other seasons, so I am in a holding pattern for right now. GOD BLESS The Wire!!!

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I am so excited. I just found out this weekend that I am going to be an AUNT! My brother and his wife are expecting now, and I am so happy for them.

I am also wondering how I will fit into all this. I think about my own aunts and what they did for me, and I wonder what makes someone a good aunt. I know I will be the quirky aunt, who is by no means "normal". I know I will have to spoil him/her with the toys that mom and dad won't buy. I also know I will be the aunt who takes them places and shows them things. But I am also the aunt who lives 2000 miles away from home. So my plan is to be the aunt who creates videos of her life to send once a year on their birthday. I think that is a way to introduce myself. My biggest fear is that I am going to be the "stranger" when I do come home to visit.

And when she/he gets older, I am terrified of the conversation that I will have to have about why Aunt Des is not "married". But I will leave that up to my brother and sister-in-law to decide if they want their child to know. As much as it hurts to say that, I will not discuss anything with my niece/nephew unless they want me to tell them.

Sooooo, I want input. What makes a aunt a good aunt? What are the qualities you love in your favorite aunt/uncle? Leave me a comment and let me know.....