I never open them, but go on the net to find a really bad old chestnut
type joke or internet based text joke or top ten list or something like
that everyone has passed around a thousand times, and then I write back
and say haw haw that was really funny I bet you will enjoy this one too.
It seems to work.
Generally when I come home the most I want to do is play a few video games
and go to bed.
Fortunately, i do a little more than that but not much more
my family wouldn't visit Roanoke unless there was something really special
going on near by. so that's rare
The house should certainly be habitable, or at least not entirely
embarrasing by then