We made a last minute decision Thursday morning for Scottie to drive to San Diego for the Thanksgiving celebration at his daughter Sarah's home. I'd been telling Scottie to go and let me stay home with pets, but the sweetie didn't want to leave me alone.
But, you see, the thing is I don't care about Thanksgiving. As a life-long vegetarian the whole dead bird thing grosses me out, and the requirement of getting family together as opposed to a choice. . . . well, it's not something I do easily.
So that morning when Scottie talked to his oldest daughter Amanda and his Dad on the phone, I could tell he was getting teary-eyed at the prospect of missing the family get together and sensed a weakening of his resolve to stay home. Sure enough he agreed that he really wanted to go. Traffic around LA was so bad it added an hour and a half to his drive, but he still made it in time for dinner and had a blast surprising all those who'd been being told we weren't coming.
This is Uncle Dougie and cousin Bruce along with John, the long-time significant other to Scottie's ex. Dougie at 90 is very frail, and Bruce is an absolute gem to see that he gets to all the family events.
John and grandson Declan. Deckles doesn't look thrilled. Don't know why.
Brother-in-law Don, Grandpa Hughie, and sister Susie, all very photogenic.
Sarah, Amanda, Scottie's ex Sally, and Susie. All standing in the brand new kitchen at Sarah's house, designed and installed by Bobby.
I stayed home, put together a couple of veggie dishes and ventured across the road to friend Judy's home where it was just one of his sisters and brothers-in-law. Just four is much easier on my nerves.
On Friday the San Diego contingent did the zoo, then Nati's for dinner - our favorite Mexican dive restaurant - then Scottie left at 3 AM, REALLY, was home by 8:30, rested for all of half an hour, took the recycling stuff to the recycler, and then we went for a nice bike ride. The man has ridiculous amounts of energy!
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