I am sitting in the Monument Cafe in Georgetown, TX, one of my kids very favorite places to eat. Second only to Luby's for Michael. Actually it is just Michael and me today. Audrey spent the night with a friend and Jeff needs some extra rest for healing purposes. I thought it would be a fun treat for the two of us. I brought my computer because I knew they would have wifi and I am trying to plan some sort of trip for us this week. A little adventure. All the camping places here in the central Texas areas are booked, so we are thinking of heading north to Arkansas and camping our way up to visit my parents who were just here for the weekend. We'll see if I can talk Jeff into this. He is worried because he can't help much in the camping set up department, but I keep telling him that before I met him I did it all by myself and am still perfectly capable.
The three of us slept until 9:30am this morning....oh it was really nice. I guess we needed it. We did stay up quite late on Saturday night and my parent's being in town is always tiring. They came in to town to watch Michael's baseball tournament, which was subsequently cancelled due to the much needed rain. My parents arrived Friday just in time to see Michael in his hoedown at school. Mom arrived just in time to be invited out for a line dance, what fun! That night I made venison chili and we hung out and enjoyed eachother's company. Saturday I spent really worried about Jeff who was still in ALOT of pain. We changed his bandage and it was a big ordeal. Fortunately he got some pain meds in him and it helped some. My sister the nurse also told us some other ways he could take the meds to get the most out of them. He was a little better yesterday, but it sure is slow going on this healing thing.
I guess I should explain to those of you who don't know what happened. Last Tuesday was going to be a super busy day for us. Or evening really. Michael had a program at his school at 6:30pm and Audrey had her first softball game at 7:30pm, but had to be there at 7. I had to run out to Academy to get Audrey new cleats and socks and a mouth guard and I got back home around 5pm. I jumped in the shower as Jeff was working on getting dinner ready so we could eat before we all headed out. Jeff was using a mandolin slicer to slice some potatoes and I guess got in too much of a hurry. He wasn't using the guide he was supposed to use to keep this kind of accident from happening. His hand slipped and instead of slicing a potato, he sliced off a big hunk of his thumb. He came to me in the shower telling me we needed to go to the hospital, so I hurried out and off we went. They had a difficult time stopping the bleeding, but it still didn't take too long at the ER. Unfortunately, it did take long enough that I missed Michael's program. Thankfully my awesome neighbor's stepped in and picked Michael up and took him. We got out in time to get Audrey to her game. What an evening.
So Saturday Mom, Audrey and I went to go find Audrey a dress for her spring dance. She wears between a size 0 and a 4 depending on the dress, so she looked good in everything she tried on. Oh to be that young and skinny again....they just have no idea! Anyway, it was good three generation bonding time and we found a great dress. We spent the evening hanging out with Jeff's brother James and his wife Regina, Mom and Dad and our neighbor's Tony and Michelle. It was a really fun night before I made the mistake of debating politics with my Dad and a little with my Mom. I should have known better.
My Mom has always been a VERY liberal Democrat and my Dad has been middle of the road, but alot of the time leaning more toward conservatism. My Mom was utterly destroyed when I expressed my more conservative views when I was younger. I don't think either of my parents ever thought my views were my own, they thought that my X husband had controlled me into those beliefs. I will say that one of the best things Rich did for me was to challenge my beliefs. When he would ask me questions about why I believed certain things, the only answer I could come up with was that my parents believed it. Once I began thinking of things for myself, there were alot of things I felt differently about than I had once thought. Of course, life experience helps with that alot as well.
Now though, what irritates me most is that people are so one side or the other. I count myself a conservative and I won't budge on something like abortion, but that is a very personal thing to me. I lost a baby once and it was a HORRIBLE experience for me. I will say no more on the subject except that our personal experiences do tend to color who we are politically. I am very supportive of gay rights, but am not for too much gun control. I am all over the place, and that is ok. What I get so upset about is the fact that some people just follow whatever the Democrats say (and some people Republicans). I am a firm believer that the picture has never been and never will be completely black and white. You have to pay attention to all those politicians. There are good ones and bad ones on both sides.
Anyway, I tried to state some facts and my Dad just ran all over me. Yelled at me right in front of my family and friends. I almost cried. It was embarrassing. He wouldn't even let me have an opinion. He apologized later, but it still stung. I guess I will forever be their kid. I love my parent's dearly, and I understand that no one is perfect. After that though (and a shot of tequila), the night was alot of fun. I am so thankful to have such great family and friends to share my time with.
My car is in getting the brakes fixed now, I will be relieved when it is fixed. I've been driving around for weeks with it making this awful noise. I knew it was going to be expensive and had to wait until we had the money. Woo hoo, no more grinding!
Anyway...I guess that's it for now....signing off:).
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