Hey, peeps. I had another awesome weekend over the Easter Holiday. Did some traveling with the bf to visit his family in Wisconsin. We were going to leave on Friday after work, but as it turned out there was a big winter watch and it had been snowing all day. So we decided to just wait it out and leave in the morning. But I was invited to hang out with Dennis again for another Friday nite of fun. He works in the Accounting Department in the Westin hotel in downtown Minneapolis and he was staying overnight there for work or clients or some-such in the Presidential suite...very ritzy, I'll tell ya! So he invited me to come over and hang out for drinks and to go clubbin if we felt like it.
So I got downtown at about 11:30 and we chilled. His partner, Kelly was there, too and so was their cute lil' Jack Russell, Maggie. She was such a sweetheart, and smaller than your average Jack Russell. Anyway, I played with her for a while and we drank and talked about stuff. Fyi, Jer didn't come cause he played the "I'm so tired" card. So I left him the dust! Dennis, Kelly and I played Catchphrase and then moved on to Musical Catchphrase, which btw, is hard.as.hell. Seriously. Some of those songs...wait, most of those songs I had never heard before. So before long, we were back to regular Catchphrase, and drinking some more. Before I knew it, it was 2:20 in the morning and I had to head home. Was an excellent night. I enjoyed the suite, the dinner they ordered, the drinks, and of course, the fun.
We got up around 10:30 or so on Sunday morning, and Jeremy got some stuff taken care of that he needed to regarding his taxes, and since the roads were all clear and the sun was bright and shiny, we set off at around 1:00. We got to West Salem to his mom's around 2 1/2 hours later. His mom, Kathy, and her boyfriend, Larry took us to eat at Famous Dave's, where I'd been dying to go eat since moving here. That food was off-the-chain! I will definitely be going back there...soon!! Anyway, during dinner he and I talked about our experiences in the Landmark Forum to Kathy and Larry and set the groundwork for their eventual signup. They could certainly benefit from it. Needless to say, everyone can. After, dinner we all went home and Jer went to go see his Grandma, and Larry went and had a nap. Kathy and I stayed up and watched Michael Clayton, which was very good! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
After that was over and Jeremy got back, we took a ride down the street to his dad's. We had a really good conversation with him, too. Of course, we talked about the Forum, but we also talked a lot about how the Forum could help his dad, Robert and his dad's girlfriend, Missy. We talked a lot about some of the screw-ups they'd made in the past and how things were so much better for them today. His dad is really impressive to me. He's just a regular blue collar guy, but he's happy with his life and he's one of the most non-judgemental, peaceful and caring people I know. Very cool guy. And the surprise of it is, both his mom and dad love me death!! Cool, right? It's really an awesome sitch.
So, we left his house at nearly midnite and went back and crashed at Kathy's on her sleeper sofa. Next morning, we got up and had some coffee. Kathy made chocolate muffins and Tapioca pudding...btw, is that what they mean by 'porridge'? cause that's what it looked and tasted like to me. Not my cup o' tea, but I did have a coupla cups of coffee. We watched American Gangster (supremely auss movie!) and then it was about time to go to the family Easter gathering at Jeremy's Uncle Dave's house. It was a relatively cool experience. I think some of the people in his family aren't as completely comfortable with the whole gay thing as his mom and dad are, so people can be kinda quiet, although just so the record is straight, everybody was friendly to me. He's really got a nice family, but I guess that's just the Minnesota nice in them all, hunh? Whatever it is, it's a whole lot better treatment than some of the Southern families I know, mine not included. My family is awesome! A bunch of loons together constantly being ridulousness personified! Seriously, we have crazy fun, and they welcome everyone as part of the family.
After being there for about an hour and a half, we moved on to Jer's Grandma Dean's. She's got a big house on this huge tract of land. We'll be taking a caravan of our friends over there this summer to have a big happy auss camp-out! But I digress... We had dinner there with Jeremy and Kathy and her brothers and Larry and Grandma and one of Jer's cousins. Grandma Dean's cool. She can't get around all that well, but she's got a mouth like a sailor and she loves to read as much as I do, so we always talk about books. While we were there, the snow started coming down hard again. I'm thinking 'uh-oh', but luckily it didn't last. It only did the do for a little while, and we were able to leave about 4:45 to mosey on back to big M. Was a really nice weekend with the family. I can't wait to go home to be with my family again, but my sister is coming up for my big birthday party in May!!! AND, she's bringing my nephew with her. I'm stupid excited about it. My sister is sooooo much fun, and my nephew is a little charmer. He's about 8 now. I can't wait to see him.
But that, in a nutshell, was my weekend. Probably wasn't as exciting for you as it was for me, but just wait till my birthday! Ooooh-weee!!!!
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