What A Day

For starters the baby was up all night. Sylvia has been very gracious to me by letting me sleep most nights all the way through. Then we had to get ready to go the my in-laws church for the Thanksgiving feast with the extended family from Georgia. All in all that turned out great. I never got the final count as to how many were actually there. I had to leave early to go play at church while Sylvia and the kids stayed behind and mingled with family. There was the uncle and aunt that came in from Athens, Ga., two aunts and uncles from Savannah, plus a cousin from there as well, and a cousin from La Grange, Ga.

In my experience, any time family, at least a large group of related people get together there is always some kind of drama. Today was no exception. One of my wife's aunts that came in from Savannah had stopped with her husband at a rest stop on the Interstate and fell flat on her face! Busted herself up real good. The whole left side of her face was black, blue, yellow, some green... and was severely swollen. After she ate lunch a few of the family took her to the emergency room for a CT scan. Nothing was found and they gave her some drugs to make her comfortable. That was only the start of the drama.

Like I said, I had to leave early for church. It was great. We did some very cool songs during the worship set. After church I went back to my in-laws house where everyone that didn't go to the emergency room ended up. When I walked in I was immediately told that I had "missed" it. Oh, great. What? Uncle J gave granny a wedgie!

Now, granny is my mother-in-law. Uncle J is her baby brother. Uncle J is 64 years old and retired. My mother-in-law is, well, let's just say, retentive. She has a very shallow sense of humor. Not only did Uncle J grab her drawers and give 'em a good yank... he also took a metal cookie sheet and smacked her on the butt! Each time he did this he got my oldest niece's attention and said "watch this." And I missed it.... not only that no one had a camera or a video camera going. What's wrong with you people? My wife even asked when it happened if anyone had taken a picture of it my m.i.l.'s baby sister said "you don't have a lense wide enough for that shot." Complete with hand gestures. To which Uncle J replied "at least not for you two."

My oldest niece and nephew agreed with me that the next time this bunch get together that it doesn't matter if we have to beg, borrow, steal, bit, kick, punch, scream, or cry; we must have a video camera set up and ready to go. These folks are a mess.

Ok, I'm getting sleepy. I have to be at church in the morning at 6:45 am.

Later,
Mark.