Merry Christmas!
Mom and Grandmother are beginning preparations for tonight's traditional prime rib dinner, Dad is asking me if he can take his temperature with a meat thermometer (as any dude would ask about a new digital toy), and Carolyn is of course asleep. She did beat my ass in gin last night though, so she needs her rest.
I sort of have nothing to do now that I'm on vacation, so my plan is to blog the shit out of this thing. I'm way behind on my interviewing blogs (which won't be published until March 17th/Match Day), but I did a few on the plane ride to Miami. Speaking of which, I had an aisle thank God, and had the luck to sit next to the largest woman on the planet. I think she single-handedly is responsible for making Houston the fattest city in America a few years back. But she was very nice and really didn't spill over the seat too much, so I can't complain. We all have to be sensitive about this sort of thing, because it's a disease just like influenza blah blah blah. Whatever! I think genetics plays into everything by providing dispositions to certain conditions, but we mostly control our own destiny and certainly have control of our bodies when it comes to what we feed it. Back to the trip...I did a few interview blogs and arrived in Miami. When I left Houston it was 36 degrees and snowing this sleet/hail/snow concoction and upon arriving in Miami it was 80 with 85% humidity. I'm glad I didn't wear a sweater, that's for sure.
Jerome who is Mel’s boyfriend of many years picked me up. Mel is my grandmother's personal assistant for twenty-two years. She is one of the nicest people on the planet. She takes care of all her kids and all her grandkids, makes sure the homework is done, cooks the food, and has a job on top of that. Of course my grandmother takes very good care of Mel, but Mel is one of the hardest working and honest people I've ever known. She would sort of be considered a nanny, but that doesn't fit, because we only come here once or twice a year for a week, and she doesn't have to take care of us...she takes care of Grandmother. So anyway, Jerome drove me to Ocean Reef, which is a small private community on the north end of Key Largo, which is the first and largest key from the Florida mainland.
We arrived at 5 PM, and I hopped in the shower and got ready for drinks with the Sladkey's. Ken owns several dental clinics in Florida and Marita is from Austria. They are two of the nicest people in the building. We were joined by Marita (Junior) and her son Jacob who is 6 and just might be smarter than I am. We were also joined by the Duffins who live on the 5th floor. We talked and had drinks and such. Then it was off to the restaurant for dinner. People normally have prime rib buffet on Friday nights, but we are having that tonight so Grandmother called ahead and special ordered. We had soup, salad, and a veal with proscuitto thing similar to osso bucco. It was quite tasty.
We went home and had Christmas. The highlight of the evening was the lavender bed sheets that grandmother got from all the kids (kids being her kids). It's funny how adults react to that sort of thing. They love getting bed sheets, little kids love getting GI Joe's and Nintendo games, and young adults get clothes and money. It's all quite simple. I got a cool sweatshirt from Australia, some power adapters for China, some Starbuck's gift cards, the Napoleon Dynamite DVD from my sister, and some money. After opening presents (which was very fun and cute to have the whole family present) Carolyn and I played gin. Then I fell asleep.
Mom and Grandmother are beginning preparations for tonight's traditional prime rib dinner, Dad is asking me if he can take his temperature with a meat thermometer (as any dude would ask about a new digital toy), and Carolyn is of course asleep. She did beat my ass in gin last night though, so she needs her rest.
I sort of have nothing to do now that I'm on vacation, so my plan is to blog the shit out of this thing. I'm way behind on my interviewing blogs (which won't be published until March 17th/Match Day), but I did a few on the plane ride to Miami. Speaking of which, I had an aisle thank God, and had the luck to sit next to the largest woman on the planet. I think she single-handedly is responsible for making Houston the fattest city in America a few years back. But she was very nice and really didn't spill over the seat too much, so I can't complain. We all have to be sensitive about this sort of thing, because it's a disease just like influenza blah blah blah. Whatever! I think genetics plays into everything by providing dispositions to certain conditions, but we mostly control our own destiny and certainly have control of our bodies when it comes to what we feed it. Back to the trip...I did a few interview blogs and arrived in Miami. When I left Houston it was 36 degrees and snowing this sleet/hail/snow concoction and upon arriving in Miami it was 80 with 85% humidity. I'm glad I didn't wear a sweater, that's for sure.
Jerome who is Mel’s boyfriend of many years picked me up. Mel is my grandmother's personal assistant for twenty-two years. She is one of the nicest people on the planet. She takes care of all her kids and all her grandkids, makes sure the homework is done, cooks the food, and has a job on top of that. Of course my grandmother takes very good care of Mel, but Mel is one of the hardest working and honest people I've ever known. She would sort of be considered a nanny, but that doesn't fit, because we only come here once or twice a year for a week, and she doesn't have to take care of us...she takes care of Grandmother. So anyway, Jerome drove me to Ocean Reef, which is a small private community on the north end of Key Largo, which is the first and largest key from the Florida mainland.
We arrived at 5 PM, and I hopped in the shower and got ready for drinks with the Sladkey's. Ken owns several dental clinics in Florida and Marita is from Austria. They are two of the nicest people in the building. We were joined by Marita (Junior) and her son Jacob who is 6 and just might be smarter than I am. We were also joined by the Duffins who live on the 5th floor. We talked and had drinks and such. Then it was off to the restaurant for dinner. People normally have prime rib buffet on Friday nights, but we are having that tonight so Grandmother called ahead and special ordered. We had soup, salad, and a veal with proscuitto thing similar to osso bucco. It was quite tasty.
We went home and had Christmas. The highlight of the evening was the lavender bed sheets that grandmother got from all the kids (kids being her kids). It's funny how adults react to that sort of thing. They love getting bed sheets, little kids love getting GI Joe's and Nintendo games, and young adults get clothes and money. It's all quite simple. I got a cool sweatshirt from Australia, some power adapters for China, some Starbuck's gift cards, the Napoleon Dynamite DVD from my sister, and some money. After opening presents (which was very fun and cute to have the whole family present) Carolyn and I played gin. Then I fell asleep.
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