Carnival of the Vanities - The Ten Horned Beast - Page 2

"At every single wedding I've taken you to." I was informed.

Are they coming to Thanksgiving? Well, they might. We don't know. We haven't heard from the cousin's parents in a week, after they wrote to tell us that they were probably coming, after they had their own dinner at a somewhat unspecified time in a city two hours away. I wrote back at the better half's behest to make sure the dog at least stayed two hours away, and since then there has been silence.

The next day my mother emailed to ask if Ngnat's great-grandmother was coming with the cousin's family, or if they were getting her. As the arrival of the cousin was going to be unknown prior to the collapse of his particular wave function, much like the fate of Schrodinger's cat, I asked them to bring the ancestral matron with them. Whether or not this will actually occur is also unknown. My family doesn't waste electrons confirming things. I also asked if they had heard from my sister.

Yes, she is doing fine. No, she didn't say if she was coming. No she didn't say that if she came, she was going to bring her gay friend with her who comes to all of our family events with or without her anyway. No, she hadn't heard from him.

The next day brother Kehaar wrote and asked if his friend who is a girl, not a girlfriend mind you, but a friend who is a girl, can come.

"I dunno," I said. "I'll have to check."

So I checked.

"Can Kehaar bring a girl?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because I told him I had to check."

"That makes me look like a bitch! Why didn't you just tell him she could come?"

"I.....don't......know?"

"Well, thanks a lot! Is this a girlfriend?"

"Um.....no. It's a friend who's a girl. She wanted to see what the turducken is like."

"I hate that damn thing."

So I brush the singe off my eyebrows and e-mail Kehaar that yes, the girl who is a friend can come.

He writes back. "Ok, good. She thinks she might not have her kids that day, so if she doesn't, she'll come."

Come Thanksgiving, we'll have somewhere between 3 and 12 people showing up for our "family" Thanksgiving.

Wish her luck.

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Facts of Israel
The Talking Dog
Kesher Talk
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