busy weekend

Let's see, where to start....

Thanksgiving
...was pretty great. Yummy food, and LOTS of people. My awesome Aunt Lori and her family showed up unexpectedly from Minnesota, and my siblings were here with their clans, plus some other random relatives and people, making for quite the houseful. And omg so many kids! In all, there were 9 people under the age of 14. Most of them are 8 or younger. It was insane. But fun. I spent the better part of three hours holding my niece Elise, who is 10 months old and the sweetest baby in the world. My arms complained like hell afterward, but I didn't mind. I don't get to see her very often.

And holy crap, I have to say, it is nothing short of amazing how fast kids get older. My cousin Josh is a freshman in high school, and his voice changed since the last time I saw him. When he said hi I nearly fell over backwards. And all the younger ones I remember as babies, and now half of 'em are in school! Insanity...

Moving on...

Friday Night
....after the family fun mentioned above, I moseyed on down to Greensburg for some good fun with Kim and Mia. Pretty standard; we rented RV and had popcorn. Mia's new beau was there, and I would say more about him, but he didn't talk. So I really can't form an opinion there.

Then Saturday I hung around with Kim some more. I went with her and her family to Thanksgiving dinner at her grandma's house, which was delectable and wonderful, and spent some more time holding a baby, this one one of Kim's cousins, I believe. Another sweetheart, though she had a cold and sneezed all over my sweatshirt. It was good fun. I do so love having two families.

And then....

Saturday Night
....my mom came and picked me up from Kim's house and we went to Cincinnati to see Bob Seger in concert! It was excellent, great show. He played some stuff off his new album, which sounds great, and of course, a bunch of old favorites. Two encores. I yelled myself hoarse.

Mom had us a room at a nearby hotel, because she travels for work and apparently has about twenty zillion Marriott points, so we went there, and when we got to the room we decided we wanted pizza. Well all the pizza places were closed, it being 12:30 am, so she got the bright idea to walk across the parking lot to the Waffle House instead. She regretted it as soon as we were inside, but I actually enjoyed myself immensely. Probably the most unsanitary eating establishment I've ever seen, and the entire meal was spent in a cloud of cigar smoke, but just listening to the employees banter with each other and a couple regulars was enough entertainment for me. I was quite amused.

And then there was.....

Sunday
....during which we came home and put up Christmas lights. Somehow, despite my severe hatred of heights, I always end up being the one scrambling around on the roof. But it was fun, in a perverse and terrifying sort of way, and the lights look very nice, so I'll say it was a success.