" You can't choose your family. "
--( have to research who said this sometime )
... but then my life's enriched by mine !!!
--Bobby Nichols

Sunday Gail and her parents had dropped me off at Sacramento International Airport at about 4:45 p.m. PST to await my Mother's flight expected at 6:30 p.m. PST. My sister Debi and her daughter Amie arrived about (5) seconds after 6:00 p.m. PST... yes, I was studying the airport clock !!! After some time, and some more time... and even some more time, Mom's flight came in at 11:00 p.m. PST. Mechanical failure and God knows what made her miss her connecting flight and she left Sea-Tac Int'l. at about 9:30 p.m. PST. Communication was poor on what was going on at the time, but Debi managed to find someone who finally didn't " have their head up their place where the sun don't shine ". About (8)ish the three of us retired to the bar for libations and a football game/sports TV viewing to while the time away. We " closed " the bar down at 11:00 p.m. PST and went back to the terminal for the last 30 minutes or so.

Family I'm visiting: Debi and Mike ( staying at their home in Modesto ), Mom, Peggy and Sasha ( haven't seen John yet ), Ale, Mandy and Mike, Amie and john, Anthony, KayLee, Shianne, and Deb's three dogs.

Gail having difficulty at home with new instruction CD's for her vocational rehab... may be over my head too from what's she's intimated over the phone. Home... situation normal...

Random stuff: chicken and dumplings !!!!!!!!, stir fry with fillet mignons !!!!!!!?!!!!, stingers, Grand Marnier, Dos XX and chili rellianos and chips and salsa at La Hacienda's in Modesto !!!, bacon and eggs with biscuits and gravy !!!, lamb with mint sauce !!! ( tonight ), parsnips ( gag ! ), German white table wine, Autumn leaves gathering with KayLee and Shianne and Mom, me pushing KayLee and Shianne in a modified grocery cart in Raley's Supermarket up and down and down and up isle after isle with the two kids giggling and laughing throughout, Mom and Debi playing with the auto detect water and towel dispensers, me playing with an auto detect towel dispensers, Amie playing with auto detect towel dispensers, stories about gay bars... and Dad, etc... Much fun !