This week, Marie's parents finished their visit and left for the Morinda conference in LA. I am forced to admit two things:
1. I love it when my in-laws come
2. In-law visits can be hazardous to one's health
As usual, we ate way too much, and stayed up way too late each night. The staying up late finally caught up with everyone on Monday evening. After Marie and parents and kids had shopped all afternoon, we had a huge dinner and returned home. On the way back the main van went straight back, but I stopped by the grocery store and purchased duraflame - a synthetic wood-like log substitute that's great for people w/fireplaces like us. I figured it would be perfect for Mari and Mom because they like sitting around and talking late into the night. Also, Mom and Dad had already expressed fascination with our non-fake fireplace. So I put the log into the fireplace an light it. No sooner is it away crackling contentedly than the dancing amber flames trigger a long-overdue narcoleptic episode among those gathered. I'll remember this for next time - a useful trick for times when we really should go to sleep but wanna stay up talking.
Visiting us has also been hazardous for my Mom in law. She saw our "ab-lounge" and wanted to give it a shot. Mari warned her to take it easy, but to no avail. She ended up doing quite a few crunches, which it turns out, has given her severe abdominal pain while she's been in LA this week. Kinda reminds us of the time she paddled out in double overhead surf at "tracks" in Hawaii. Or for that matter, the time she put our treadmill through its paces at our apartment in Philly.
One interesting note on Jerome. We caught him writing a letter to Jerome Bettis this week in which he proclaimed: "Did you know that I'm named after you?". Actually, he's not. The fact that, after 1.5 years in Pittsburgh Jerome is a rabid Steelers fan is a testament to the lack of separation of Steelers and State in the North Allegheny School District. It is also obvious that most children in Franklin Park Elementary were wild with envy that Jez got named "Jerome", and this may have contributed to Jerome's affinity for the Steelers.
I can't really think of anything interesting to write this week - enough for now.
1 comment:
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! for the return of the WPALOTITBT Blog. You are a fabulous writer. I love reading your stuff. For me, the offending word is choir--which I have to write, often, without benefit of spellcheck. It's one of those words that sets off the alarm bells when I spell it *right*. Hazardous. But who says "CWOH-ir"? Obviously we all say "CWI-or". Anyway, once I have the "h" in there, I've been in the habit of feeling like I got the job done. Alas, I now learn that I've been looking like a member of "Bad Spellers of the World, UNTIE!!" in front of the Stake President, High Council, and all 80 members of the Stake Chior. :(.
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