This weekend was super fun :) After much gnashing of teeth and flinging of clothes from the closet trying to figure out what to wear, DGS and I went to Mendocino for his cousin's wedding. The drive was GORGEOUS, and we had great music and fabulous weather to escort us on our way.
I met a whole bunch of his family all at once on Saturday. It was a tad overwhelming (I'm kinda bad with names) but fun all the same. I think maybe my favorite relative was Grandma. She's a little spit-fire, and was very sweet to me. She'd come over and whisper in my ear little stories about all the various and sundry folks at the wedding. I love old people! In high school, I used to do a lot of volunteer work with people in nursing homes, and I miss that. I'm thinking about getting back into it.
The service was slightly delayed, due to craaazy wind up on the North Coast, but once we got started, there was much cheer and happiness. Weddings are great: everyone is full of joy and glad to see each other. It's a time of celebration, reminiscing and reconnecting with friends and family.
A great deal of DGS' family (on this particular side) lives in CA, and he grew up around them. I think that's really cool. Our family was always so far from everyone, as Will & I grew up in CO and everyone else was in LA. When we were little, Mom and Dad tried to make sure we got back down South to see the family at least once a year. But, after all the grandparents passed away, and for about the last 8 years, the only time our family all gets together - generally speaking - is for weddings and funerals.
This May is Dad's 60th bday, and we're throwing a party for him in CO. Of course we'll all be there, and I'm hoping that his twin sister and her family will come, and maybe even his older brother. It would be a chance for us to see one another.
Tonight, I'm so tired. I snapped at my mom when she called, because I had just gotten home from a stressful day at work, running errands, and was trying to make dinner when she called and started fussing about cleaning out a drawer for my brother - something I had already thought about doing. It was just bad timing on her part, but I still shouldn't have snapped at her. I'll have to call her back now.
I decided to skip Bible Study tonight in favor of cleaning out the aforementioned drawer (Will gets here tomorrow); paying the money I owe on my taxes; cleaning the kitchen and regaining some of my sanity from the day. I just need some quiet.
talk about stream-of-consciousness writing. this would be it. okay ya'll, KD out.
20 March 2006
March Madness
Posted by MezzoCO at 8:07 PM
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2 comments:
haha... I love what you said about Grandma :)
interesting perspective about me growing up with my relatives, though... because I never saw it that way. I suppose they didn't live as far as Colorado vs. Louisiana, but the only extended family in town that I saw regularly was Grandma (and Grandpa, until his passing in 2003). I always felt just the opposite... that most people I knew had more extended family nearby than me, and I was somehow cheated of the opportunity to have cousins among my childhood friends. Eric and Meredith I only saw about three times a year on average (although each time would be for several days at a time). Auntie Marie and her side of the family lived an hour away, and Aunt Geni and hers two hours away (except for the one who married the East Coast Jew and ran off to Passaic, N.J.), but we still didn't spend a lot of time with them, probably because of the drama and just lack of things in common. I'm not as close with a lot of my relatives as I'd like to be. Maybe that's something I should work on.
hmmm it's interesting how our lives look to those on the outside as opposed to those living them. i should make more of an effort with some of my relatives, too.
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