I'll give you the short version as my brain isn't back from break yet. Oh. For the record, My Honey prefers to be referred to as a guerro. Get it right.
Yes, I took a white man to my parents house. He drove all but two hours roundtrip...and that's roughly 16 hours of driving. I warned him that my family is crazy. I think meeting Mama first was the best way to gently ease him into the craziness.
For Thanksgiving we had way too much really tasty, fattening food. Tia Maria, Hector and Abigail came by for lunch. Good times. Tio Fernando came by with his wife for dinner. I slept through dinner. I took about a six hour nap. Chris said he tried to wake me up three times and I answered him each time. I remember telling him once to leave me alone, but not the other two times. When I woke up, Alex and Eric were both alive. Good enough for me.
Friday Alex got his rice patties and tortillas. In the afternoon Chris took me and the kids to the dollar show to see Rush Hour 3. It's about as good as you think. Chris and the boys played a lot of Mom's plug-n-play Wheel of Fortune game. I think I was humming the theme in my head today at work.
Saturday Mom, Tia, Alex, Eric, Chris and I piled into the Freestyle and went to Tia Jesusa's house. Vicky and her new husband were there and having a cookout. We ate a lot more tasty food and talked for hours. Tia is way too skinny. She did eat while we were there, but she didn't seem herself. The Spanish, English, Spanglish thing was happening at full speed with several conversations going on at once. I caught the part where Tia told me Chris seemed like a really good guy and it's about time I found one. (she ain't kidding) However, I missed the part where she told Mom that I should hurry up and marry him. Mom told me about it Sunday morning. Chris told me on the ride home. Did I mention he knows more Spanish than I do? Speaking of marriage, did anyone call the old folks and wish them a happy 44th anniversary Saturday?
Sunday we had barbocoa and tortillas before packing up and heading out. Mom told Alex to listen to Chris and be respectful because he's good to us. He will. He also told Chris to take care of me and Alex. He does. He really does. He's the best. Mama started crying. She misses us and she's happy for us. At least Chris knows why I'm such a crier. Heredity is a kick in the butt sometimes. We had group hugs & kisses and came home, arriving safely around 9:00 last night.
This is the short version? To wrap it up... everyone liked the guerro and he liked everyone he met and everything he ate. He'll be meeting the rest of the clan this summer. Has anyone nailed down a date yet? I've tried to warn him about my sisters and Dad... of course there's no preparing for the old man.
I'll see you this summer at V's house. Much love!
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